Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Subject to this
Act, the Minister may, on the application of any person, after receiving a
recommendation of the mining registrar or the warden, grant to such person a
lease to be known as a general purpose lease for use by him in respect to
mining operations on such terms and conditions as the Minister considers
reasonable.
(2) Any such person
may be granted more than one general purpose lease.
(3) The area of land
in respect of which any one general purpose lease may be granted shall not
exceed 10 ha, unless the Minister is satisfied that a larger area of land is
required for the purposes of the lease, and shall be limited to such depth
below the natural surface of the land as may be specified in the lease or,
where no depth is so specified, to 15 m below the lowest part of the natural
surface of the land.
(4) An application for
the grant of a general purpose lease in respect of any land —
(a)
shall be made, and may be objected to, in like manner to an application for a
mining lease; and
(b)
shall be determined in the same manner as an application for a mining lease.
(5) An application for
the grant of a general purpose lease in respect of an area of land which
exceeds 10 ha shall be accompanied by a statement specifying the reasons why
such an area of land is required for the purposes of the lease.
[Section 86 amended: No. 100 of 1985 s. 59; No. 58
of 1994 s. 32; No. 17 of 1999 s. 16.]