New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 166

166 Use of water, timber and pasturage etc

(1) If land subject to an authority includes the surface of the land, the holder of the authority must not--

(a) use water artificially conserved on that land, or

(b) fell trees, strip bark or cut timber on that land,

otherwise than in accordance with the consent of any landholder of the surface of the land or, if such a landholder refuses consent or attaches unreasonable conditions to the consent, in accordance with a determination of the Land and Environment Court.

(2) If land subject to a mining lease includes the surface of the land, the holder of the lease must not--

(a) depasture horses on the land, or keep on the land any dog that is not kept under effective control, unless the land is securely fenced, or

(b) remove rock or earth from the land, except in connection with mining operations, otherwise than with the consent of the landholder of the surface of the land.