(1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
mining tenement has the meaning given by the
Mining Act 1978 and includes any right —
(a)
which was acquired under the Mining Act 1904 2 ; and
(b)
which is continued in existence by the Second Schedule to the Mining Act 1978
;
the Agreement means the agreement a copy of which
is set out in the Schedule and includes that agreement as varied from time to
time in accordance with its provisions;
the Joint Venturers has the meaning given by the
Agreement;
the special licence means any special licence
granted under section 5(1);
the tailings areas means the areas to which the
licences to remove and treat tailings referred to in recital (a) to the
Agreement relate or related, as the case requires, and includes any areas
which are specified under subsection (2);
the underlying lands means the lands the subject
of the mining tenements specified in the Table to this subsection as those
mining tenements existed on 8 June 1988, and includes any lands or mining
tenements which are specified under subsection (3).
Table
Type of mining tenement |
Number of mining tenement |
---|---|
Mining lease |
26/32 |
Mining lease |
26/55 |
Mining lease |
26/78 |
Mining lease |
26/83 |
Mineral claim |
26/1643 |
Mineral claim |
26/1652 |
Mineral claim |
26/1653 |
Mineral claim |
26/1654 |
Mineral claim |
26/1655 |
Prospecting licence |
26/98 |
Prospecting licence |
26/395 |
Prospecting licence |
26/634 |
Prospecting licence |
26/1051 |
Prospecting licence |
26/1055. |
(2) When an
application under clause 5(5) of the Agreement has been approved, the Minister
may for the purposes of the definition of “the tailings areas” in
subsection (1) by notice published in the Gazette specify the tailings to
which the application relates.
(3) The Minister may
for the purposes of the definition of “the underlying lands” in
subsection (1) by notice published in the Gazette specify any lands or mining
tenements within or adjacent to the tailings areas.
(4) The Minister may
by notice published in the Gazette amend or repeal any specification under
subsection (2) or (3).