New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 25

25 Shape and dimensions of land over which exploration licence may be granted

(1) The land over which an exploration licence is granted must comply with the regulations in relation to shape and size.

(2) The land over which an exploration licence is granted may differ in size or shape from, but may not include land other than, the land over which the licence was sought.

(2A) Subsection (2)--

(a) extends to the grant of a single exploration licence for 2 or more applications made by the same applicant, and

(b) as extended, applies as if the land over which the exploration licence was sought was the land over which the 2 or more exploration licences were sought.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply with respect to an exploration (mineral owner) licence.