(1) The Agreement is
approved.
(2) Notwithstanding
any other Act or law, and without limiting the effect of subsection (1),
—
(a) the
Joint Venturers shall be permitted to enter upon the lands mentioned in
paragraph (c) of clause 2 of the Agreement, to the extent, and for the
purposes, by that paragraph provided; and
(b) the
provision of subclause (2) of clause 3 of the Agreement shall take effect.
(3) The provisions of
section 96 of the Public Works Act 1902 , do not apply to any railway
constructed pursuant to the Agreement.
(4) The provisions of
section 277(5) of the Mining Act 1904 3 , do not apply to any renewal of the
rights of occupancy granted pursuant to paragraph (a) of clause 2 of the
Agreement.