Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Where land held as
a mining tenement under the Mining Act 1978 is in a risk area or a disease
area and the holder of the tenement intends to explore or exploit a part of it
he shall, at least 3 months before the day on which he intends to commence to
do so, give to the Minister notice in writing thereof in which the part of the
tenement and that day are specified.
(2) Where the holder
of a mining tenement gives notice, under subsection (1), the Minister shall
give him written authority to explore or exploit, as the case may be, the part
specified in the notice on and after the day so specified unless the Minister,
after consultation with the Minister to whom the administration of the
Mining Act 1978 is for the time being committed, has good and sufficient
reason to the contrary, but the holder may do so only —
(a) by
entering that part by a route described in the written authority; and
(b)
subject to such conditions as are specified in the written authority.
(3) A holder of a
mining tenement shall not contravene or fail to comply with the terms of a
written authority given under this section.
Penalty: $500.
[Heading amended: No. 66 of 1992 s. 6.]
[Heading inserted: No. 36 of 2011 s. 29.]