Western Australian Current Regulations

MINING REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 138

138 .         Mention hearing

        (1)         When proceedings are commenced the mining registrar shall —

            (a)         fix a date and time for a mention hearing before the warden being not less than 45 days from the date of lodgment, unless all parties to the proceedings consent to an earlier mention hearing date; and

            (b)         advise the parties of the mention hearing date; and

            (c)         in the case of an application for forfeiture — cause copies of the application to be returned to the applicant for service on —

                  (i)         each respondent; and

                  (ii)         any mortgagee of a mining tenement to which the application relates.

        (2)         At a mention hearing the warden may —

            (a)         issue directions to the parties; or

            (b)         set a date for the substantive hearing of the proceedings; or

            (c)         adjourn the proceedings to another mention hearing.

        [Regulation 138 inserted: Gazette 9 Mar 2007 p. 881‑2.]