Western Australian Current Acts

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 122A

122A .         Lodgment of caveats

        (1)         A person claiming an interest in a mining tenement may lodge —

            (a)         a caveat against the mining tenement forbidding the registration of a dealing or surrender affecting the mining tenement or interest; or

            (b)         a caveat against the mining tenement forbidding the registration of —

                  (i)         a dealing affecting the mining tenement or interest unless the dealing expressly states that it is to be subject to the interest claimed by the caveator; or

                  (ii)         a surrender affecting the mining tenement or interest.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         the holder of a mining tenement has entered into an agreement with another person relating to —

                  (i)         the sale of the holder’s interest in the mining tenement; or

                  (ii)         any other matter connected with the holder’s interest in the mining tenement;

                and

            (b)         the agreement so provides,

                either party to the agreement may lodge a caveat against the mining tenement forbidding the registration of a dealing or surrender affecting the mining tenement or interest together with a copy of the agreement.

        (3)         A caveat lodged under this section is to —

            (a)         be in the prescribed form; and

            (ba)         be lodged in the prescribed manner; and

            (b)         be accompanied by the prescribed fee; and

            (c)         state the full name and address of the caveator; and

            (d)         be signed by the caveator or an agent of the caveator; and

            (e)         give an address within the State for the service of notices and proceedings in relation to the caveat.

        (4)         If a caveat is lodged under this section —

            (a)         a memorial or copy of the caveat is to be entered in the register; and

            (b)         except in the case of a consent caveat lodged by the holder of a mining tenement, a notice stating that the caveat has been lodged is to be sent by certified mail to the holder of the mining tenement affected by the caveat.

        (5)         Subject to section 122B, a caveat lodged under this section has effect from the time of lodgment.

        (6)         Successive caveats shall not be lodged by, or on behalf of, the same person in respect of the same subject matter except with the consent of a warden.

        [Section 122A inserted: No. 54 of 1996 s. 18 (as amended: No. 39 of 2004 s. 104(a) and (b)); amended: No. 12 of 2010 s. 39.]