(1) This Act does not
—
(a)
apply to the registration of rights over Crown land in respect of minerals,
petroleum, geothermal energy or geothermal energy resources; or
(b)
prevent or otherwise affect the system of registration under other Acts of
mining, petroleum or geothermal energy rights in respect of Crown land.
(2) In subsection (1)
—
geothermal energy and geothermal energy resources
have the same meanings as they have in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy
Resources Act 1967 .
[Section 5 amended: No. 35 of 2007 s. 98(4).]