Western Australian Current Acts

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 23

23 .         Mining on public reserves etc. and Commonwealth land

        (1)         Subject to this Act, a mining tenement may be applied for in respect of the following land (not being land that is already the subject of a mining tenement) —

            (a)         land, or land of a class, to which section 24, 24A or 25 applies;

            (b)         Commonwealth land.

        (2)         The holder of a mining tenement in respect of such land must not carry out mining on or under that land otherwise than in accordance with a relevant consent obtained in relation to that land under section 24, 24A, 25 or 25A.

        (3)         A mining tenement held in relation to such land is liable to be forfeited if the holder of the tenement —

            (a)         contravenes this section; or

            (b)         is in breach of any term or condition to which a consent given under section 24, 24A, 25 or 25A is made subject.

        [Section 23 inserted: No. 51 of 2012 s. 12.]