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Aboriginal Lands Trust (Yalata Reserve—Mining Rights) Proclamation 2007

under section 16(9) of the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966

1—Short title

This proclamation may be cited as the Aboriginal Lands Trust (Yalata Reserve—Mining Rights) Proclamation 2007.

2—Commencement

This proclamation comes into operation on the day on which it is made.

3—Interpretation

In this proclamation—

Aboriginal Lands Trust means the Aboriginal Lands Trust constituted under the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966;

affects native title—see Part 9B of the Mining Act 1971;

Mining Minister means the Minister for the time being administering the Mining Act 1971;

native title land has the same meaning as in the Native Title (South Australia) Act 1994.

4—Mining rights may be exercised

Subject to clauses 5 and 6, rights of entry, prospecting, exploration or mining conferred by the Mining Act 1971 may be exercised in respect of the whole or any part of the land described in Schedule 1.

5—Special condition for exercise of rights under exploration licence

A person in whom rights of entry, prospecting, exploration or mining are vested by an exploration licence under the Mining Act 1971 granted after the commencement of this proclamation must not exercise those rights in respect of the whole or any part of the land described in Schedule 1 unless notice of the proposed licence was given by the Mining Minister to the Aboriginal Lands Trust prior to the grant of the licence.

6—Conditions for exercise of mining rights generally

A person in whom rights of entry, prospecting, exploration or mining are vested under the Mining Act 1971 (whether those rights were acquired before or after the commencement of this proclamation and whether pursuant to an exploration licence or otherwise) must not exercise those rights in respect of the whole or any part of the land described in Schedule 1 unless the following conditions are complied with:

(a) no work or other activity may be undertaken on the land in the exercise of those rights until Yalata Community Incorporated has been notified of, and consulted in relation to, the proposed work or other activity;

(b) if any work or other activity in the exercise of those rights is undertaken on native title land and affects native title, the work or other activity on the land must be undertaken in accordance with any applicable—

(i) indigenous land use agreement registered under the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth; or

(ii) agreement or determination under Part 9B of the Mining Act 1971.

Schedule 1—Description of land (Yalata Reserve)

The land comprised in Certificate of Title Register Book Volume 5834 Folio 851.

Made by the Governor's Deputy

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 2 August 2007

MMRD07/009CS

[Published in the Gazette on 2 August 2007 at page 3247]


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