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MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 222
Objections
222 Objections
(1) A landholder of any land who has been served with a notice of the
Minister's proposal to constitute the land as an opal prospecting area, or to
add the land to an existing opal prospecting area, may, within 28 days after
being so served, make an objection to the proposal on any of the following
grounds-- (a) on the ground that the land the subject of the proposal is
agricultural land, if the landholder is a person who is entitled to use the
land for agricultural purposes,
(b) on one or more grounds of the kind
prescribed by the regulations.
(2) An objection made on a ground referred to
in subsection (1)(b)-- (a) must be lodged with the Secretary, and
(b) must be
in the approved form.
(3) Schedule 2 contains provisions dealing with
objections made on the ground referred to in subsection (1)(a).
(4) Unless it
is earlier withdrawn, the Secretary must refer any objection made on the
ground referred to in subsection (1) (b) for inquiry and report by a person
having such qualifications or experience as may be prescribed by the
regulations.
(5) At the conclusion of the inquiry into the objection, the
person to whom the objection has been referred must furnish the Minister with
a report as to his or her findings.
(6) An objection made on the ground
referred to in subsection (1) (b) is to be determined by the Minister on the
basis of the report so furnished.
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