Western Australian Current Acts

DIAMOND (ARGYLE DIAMOND MINES JOINT VENTURE) AGREEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 10

10 .         Marking out of certain land, effect of

        (1)         The marking out of any portion of the subject land as a mining tenement for the purposes of the Mining Act 1904 ⁵ —

            (a)         before the coming into operation of this Act; and

            (b)         otherwise than by or on behalf of the Company,

                shall have no effect and shall be deemed never to have had any effect.

        (2)         The marking out of any portion of the subject land as a mining tenement for the purposes of the Mining Act 1904 ⁵ or the Mining Act 1978 —

            (a)         after the coming into operation of this Act but before the relevant date; and

            (b)         otherwise than by or on behalf of the Company,

                shall have no effect.

        (3)         In subsection (2) relevant date has the same meaning as it has in section 9(2).

        (4)         The marking out of any portion of the temporarily reserved land as a mining tenement for the purposes of the Mining Act 1904 ⁵ —

            (a)         before the coming into operation of this Act; and

            (b)         otherwise than by or on behalf of the Company,

                shall have no effect and shall be deemed never to have had any effect.

        (5)         The marking out of any portion of the temporarily reserved land as a mining tenement for the purposes of the Mining Act 1904 ⁵ or the Mining Act 1978 —

            (a)         after the coming into operation of this Act but before the relevant date; and

            (b)         otherwise than by or on behalf of —

                  (i)         the Company; or

                  (ii)         the Joint Venturers or any of them,

                shall have no effect.

        (6)         In subsection (5) relevant date has the same meaning as it has in section 9(5).