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MINING ACT 1971 - SECT 36

36—Application for mining lease

        (1)         An application for a mining lease—

            (a)         must be made in a manner and form determined by the Minister; and

            (b)         must identify the boundaries of the land in respect of which the lease is being sought in accordance with the requirements of section 56E; and

            (c)         must be accompanied by a mining proposal—

                  (i)         specifying the authorised operations that are proposed to be carried out under the lease; and

                  (ii)         setting out—

                        (A)         an assessment of the environmental impacts of the proposed operations; and

                        (B)         an outline of the measures that the applicant intends to take to manage, limit or remedy those impacts; and

                        (C)         a statement of the environmental outcomes that are accordingly expected to occur; and

                  (iii)         incorporating a draft statement of the criteria to be adopted to measure those environmental outcomes, in a form prescribed by the regulations; and

                  (iv)         setting out the results of the consultation undertaken in connection with the proposed operations in accordance with the regulations; and

            (d)         must be accompanied by such other information as may be prescribed by the regulations; and

            (e)         must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

        (2)         The Minister may require the applicant to furnish the Minister with any additional information specified by the Minister (and that information must be furnished within any period specified by the Minister).



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