MINERAL TITLES REGULATIONS (NO 39 OF 2011)

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MINERAL TITLES REGULATIONS (NO 39 OF 2011)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS

1. Citation
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
4. Application of Regulations to MA
5. Giving documents

PART 2--PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION OF LAND

Division 1--Approved airborne surveys

6. Application for approval of airborne geoscientific survey
7. No airborne survey without approval
8. Compliance with notice of approval of airborne survey
9. Airborne survey report
10. Release or publication of information contained in airborne survey report

Division 2--Preliminary exploration on land

Subdivision 1--Preliminary matters

11. Meaning of relevant land
12. Meaning of specified person
13. Application of Division

Subdivision 2--Requirements for notices, consent and entry onto relevant land

14. Preliminary exploration in title areas
15. Preliminary exploration in proposed title area of EL or EMEL
16. Requirement to give notice of intention to conduct preliminary exploration
17. Pastoral land and native title land – notice to occupier on entry
18. Requirement to obtain consent to conduct preliminary exploration
19. Refusal of consent
20. Withdrawal of consent
21. Offences relating to entry onto relevant land requiring notice
22. Offences relating to entry onto or remaining on relevant land requiring consent
23. Documents required to be in person's possession

Subdivision 3--General offences

24. Restriction relating to pastoral land
25. Contravention of obligation
26. Activities must relate to preliminary exploration
27. No interference with infrastructure
28. No interference with lawful preliminary exploration

PART 3--SURVEYING LAND

Division 1--General matters

29. Request for consent to survey declared fossicking area
30. ML – prescribed size and required survey
31. EML not within town boundary – prescribed size and required survey
32. EML within town boundary – prescribed size and required survey
33. ELR and EMP required survey
34. No survey of land in title area already surveyed
35. Maintenance of boundary markers and boundary lines

Division 2--Surveys not required to be carried out by licensed surveyor

36. Application of Division
37. Minister may approve different survey method
38. Boundary marker
39. Erecting boundary markers
40. Clearing boundary lines
41. Meridian bearings of boundaries and datum post
42. Plan of survey and other information
43. Effect of surveying too much land

PART 4--MINERAL TITLE APPLICATIONS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

Division 1--General provisions

44. Necessary criteria for mineral title application
45. Shape of proposed title area
46. Application fees
47. Refund of amount paid for advertising costs
48. Deciding application for designation of ELR after EL ceases to be in force
49. Notice of change

Division 2--Applications for grant of mineral title for Aboriginal land

50. Geographical coordinates
51. Noranda Project Area
52. Pancontinental Project Area

Division 3--Applications for grant of mineral title for existing title area or existing proposed title area

53. Application of Division
54. Application for grant of EL
55. Application for designation of ELR
56. Application for grant of ML
57. Application for grant of EMEL
58. Application for grant of EMP
59. Application for grant of EML

Division 4--Grant of mineral title

60. Procedures relating to payment of rent and giving security
61. Granting ML to holder of EL or ELR
62. Granting EMP or EML to holder of EMEL

PART 5--AMALGAMATIONS, SURRENDERS AND CANCELLATIONS

63. Amalgamation of title areas
64. Application for acceptance of surrender
65. Survey for surrender application
66. Request for surrender
67. Notice and submission relating to intention to cancel
68. Notice following submission about intention to cancel
69. Cancellation of EL for part of title area
70. Notice of land ceasing to be title area

PART 6--RIGHTS AND CONDITIONS UNDER MINERAL TITLES

Division 1--Entry onto and use of land

71. Notice before starting authorised activities for exploration
72. Exploration under EMEL
73. Conducting authorised activities on pastoral land
74. Right to exercise occupation right on overlapping land
75. Conditions of exercising occupation right on overlapping land
76. Access authority – consent of landowner

Division 2--Rent, fees, expenditure and reports

77. Rent and administration fee
78. Annual report for EL, ELR or ML
79. Annual report for ML and mining management report
80. Expenditure project area for ELs
81. Expenditure report for EL, ELR or ML
82. Compliance with expenditure condition
83. Reserves report for ELR
84. Production report and reserves report for ML
85. Production report for EML or EMP
86. Final report for EL, ELR or ML
87. Amalgamated report for ELs, ELRs or MLs
88. Information contained in report

Division 3--Miscellaneous conditions

89. Geological samples
90. Notice of change

PART 7--GENERAL RESERVED LAND

91. Variation or revocation if notice of intention to be given
92. Variation or revocation if no notice of intention to be given

PART 8--MINERAL TITLES REGISTER

93. Applications for grant of title – entry of information
94. Mineral titles – entry of information
95. Transfer of mineral rights interest – entry of details
96. Entry of additional information
97. Fees payable in relation to register

PART 9--FOSSICKING

Division 1--Preliminary matters

98. Meaning of relevant land
99. Meaning of specified person

Division 2--Requirements for notices, consent and entry onto relevant land

100. Requirement to give notice of intention to fossick
101. When consent required to fossick on pastoral land
102. When consent required to fossick for gold in title area of EL
103. Requirement to obtain consent to fossick
104. Refusal of consent
105. Withdrawal of consent
106. Offences relating to entry onto relevant land requiring notice
107. Offences relating to entry onto or remaining on relevant land requiring consent
108. Documents required to be in person's possession

Division 3--General offences

109. No extraction of more than prescribed amount
110. Obligations to occupier or landowner
111. Activities must relate to fossicking
112. No interference with infrastructure
113. No interference with lawful fossicking

PART 10--PROCEEDINGS IN TRIBUNAL

Division 1--Preliminary matters

114. Application of Part
115. Functions of Tribunal
116. Conducting hearing

Division 2--Reviews of reviewable decisions

117. Meaning of reviewable decision
118. Meaning of review notice
119. Application for review
120. Operation and implementation of decision
121. Parties to proceedings
122. Recommendation of Tribunal and subsequent decision

Division 3--Deciding other applications

123. General applications
124. Appeal to Supreme Court

PART 11--ADMINISTRATION

125. Release or publication of information
126. Copyright – authorisation of publication
127. Requirement for geological samples
128. Examination and analysis of geological samples
129. No refund of fees on cancellation
130. Circumstances when rent to be refunded
131. Fee payable if report not given on or before reporting day

PART 12--TRANSITIONAL MATTERS

Division 1--Existing applications

132. Refusal to accept existing application
133. Corresponding application – grant of ML
134. Grant of existing interest – no corresponding application
135. Renewal of existing interest – no corresponding application
136. Refunds if existing application for grant of existing interest refused

Division 2--Conversion to appropriate mineral title

137. Conversion of non-compliant title to another mineral title
138. Conversion of non-compliant existing interest to appropriate mineral title
139. Conversion of mineral claim to EL
140. Renewal of non-compliant existing interest continued in force

Division 3--Payment of rent

141. Payment of rent for converted mineral title
142. Payment of rent for non-compliant existing interest
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2

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