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TASMANIA
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MINING (STRATEGIC PROSPECTIVITY
ZONES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 4 amended (Objects of Act)
5. Section 6 amended (Strategic prospectivity zones)
6. Section 7 amended (Status of Crown land in strategic
prospectivity zones)
7. Section 9 amended (Reimbursement of exploration costs)
8. Section 10 amended (Compensation on revocation of
lease)
9. Section 11 substituted
11. Application of Part 7 of Mineral Resources
Development Act 1995
10. Schedule 1 amended (Strategic Prospectivity Zones)
11. Schedule 2 substituted
Schedule 2 - Map of Strategic Prospectivity Zones
12. Substitutions
Schedule 1 - Substitutions
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MINING (STRATEGIC PROSPECTIVITY
ZONES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002
(Brought in by the Minister for Economic Development,
Energy and Resources, the Honourable Paul Anthony
Lennon)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Mining (Strategic Prospectivity
Zones) Act 1993
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled,
as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Mining (Strategic
Prospectivity Zones) Amendment Act 2002.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones)
Act 1993* is referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 26 of 1993
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s. 4 No. Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) 2002
Amendment
Section 4 amended (Objects of Act)
4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
"mining products" and substituting "minerals".
Section 6 amended (Strategic prospectivity zones)
5. Section 6(1) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
"2687" and substituting "5132".
Section 7 amended (Status of Crown land in
strategic prospectivity zones)
6. Section 7(5)(a) of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "a proclamation under section 6 (1) (a) of the
Mining Act 1929" and substituting "an order under section
5(3) of the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995".
Section 9 amended (Reimbursement of exploration
costs)
7. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
(1) The holder of a licence under the Mineral
Resources Development Act 1995 may be reimbursed
the reasonable cost of any work conducted under
that licence if -
(a) the licence authorises the holder to
explore for minerals on any Crown land
in a strategic prospectivity zone; and
(b) the use of any part of that land is
changed under any law of the State
resulting in the licence being revoked.
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2002 Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) No. s. 8
Amendment
Section 10 amended (Compensation on revocation of
lease)
8. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the
following subsection:
(1) The holder of a lease under the
Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 may
be reimbursed for any reasonable loss or
reasonable damage if -
(a) the lease authorises the holder to
carry out mining operations on
any Crown land in a strategic
prospectivity zone; and
(b) the use of any part of that land is
changed under any law of the
State resulting in the lease being
revoked.
(b) by omitting from subsection (2) "warden's
court" and substituting "Mining Tribunal";
(c) by omitting from subsection (3) "mining
tenement" and substituting "mineral
tenement";
(d) by omitting from subsection (4) "warden's
court" and substituting "Mining Tribunal";
(e) by omitting from subsection (5) "court" first
occurring and substituting "Mining Tribunal";
(f) by omitting from subsection (5)(a) "court" and
substituting "Mining Tribunal".
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s. 9 No. Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) 2002
Amendment
Section 11 substituted
9. Section 11 of the Principal Act is repealed and the
following section is substituted:
Application of Part 7 of Mineral Resources
Development Act 1995
11. Part 7 of the Mineral Resources Development Act
1995 applies to a claim for compensation under
section 10.
Schedule 1 amended (Strategic Prospectivity Zones)
10. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting the item relating to Beaconsfield
and substituting the following item:
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2002 Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) No. s. 11
Amendment
(b) by inserting "WARATAH" after "ZEEHAN" in
the item relating to Zeehan.
Schedule 2 substituted
11. Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is repealed and the
following Schedule is substituted:
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s. 11 No. Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) 2002
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 - MAP OF STRATEGIC
PROSPECTIVITY ZONES
Section 6(2)
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2002 Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) No. s. 12
Amendment
Substitutions
12. Each of the provisions of the Principal Act specified in
Column 1 of Schedule 1 is amended by omitting "Mining
Act 1929" on the number of occurrences specified in
Column 2 of that Schedule and substituting "Mineral
Resources Development Act 1995".
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sch. 1 No. Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) 2002
Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 - SUBSTITUTIONS
Section 12
Column 1 Column 2
Provision amended Number of
occurrences
Section 3 1
Section 7(4)(c) 1
Section 7(5)(d) 1
Section 7(5)(e) 1
Section 7(6)(a) 1
Section 7(6)(c) 1
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