Western Australian Current Acts

MINING ACT 1978 - SECT 57A

57A .         Designation of areas for purposes of s. 57(2aa)

        (1)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , designate one or more areas of the State for the purposes of section 57(2aa).

        (2)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , vary or cancel a designation under subsection (1).

        (3)         A notice under this section comes into operation on the day on which the notice is published in the Gazette or such later day as is specified in the notice.

        (4)         The variation or cancellation of a designation under subsection (2) does not affect the operation of any exploration licence granted before the variation or cancellation takes effect.

        (5)         If —

            (a)         an application for an exploration licence is made in respect of an area of land that is in an area of the State designated under subsection (1) (a designated area ); and

            (b)         before the application is determined the designation is varied or cancelled under subsection (2) with the result that the area of land to which the application relates ceases to be in a designated area,

                then, despite that variation or cancellation, section 57(2aa) applies as if the area of land were in a designated area.

        [Section 57A inserted: No. 39 of 2004 s. 13.]