Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Subject to this
Act, the Minister may, on the application of the holder of a primary tenement,
after receiving a recommendation of the mining registrar or the warden in
accordance with section 70D, grant to that person a licence to be known as a
retention licence in respect of the whole or any part of the land the subject
of the primary tenement on such terms and conditions as the Minister considers
reasonable.
(2) The holder of a
primary tenement may be granted more than one retention licence.
(3) Where the
applicant for a retention licence is the holder of 2 or more primary
tenements, a retention licence may be granted in respect of the whole or any
part of the land within the boundaries of those tenements.
(4) The land in
respect of which a retention licence is granted —
(a)
shall be of an area that, in the opinion of the Minister, is sufficient to
include —
(i)
the land in, on or under which an identified mineral
resource is located; and
(ii)
such other land as may be required for future mining
operations in respect of that identified mineral resource;
and
(b) may
be of an area that is less than the area of land in respect of which the
retention licence is sought.
[Section 70B inserted: No. 37 of 1993 s. 10(1);
amended: No. 58 of 1994 s. 24(2).]