New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 182

182 Opal prospecting blocks, reserves, mineral allocation areas and controlled release areas

(1) A mineral claim may not be granted over any land within--

(a) an opal prospecting block that is the subject of an opal prospecting licence held by a person other than the applicant for the mineral claim, or

(b) a reserve in respect of which an order prohibiting the granting of mineral claims is in force under section 367.

(2) Except with the approval of the Minister, a mineral claim may not be granted over any land within a mineral allocation area or controlled release area that is constituted in respect of any mineral or minerals to which the application for the mineral claim relates.