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MINING REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 75

75 .         Transfer of tenement

                Unless otherwise provided in the Act or these regulations the holder of a mining tenement may apply to transfer the whole of it or an interest in it by lodging a transfer in the form of Form 23 with the prescribed fee, but —

            (a)         every transfer shall be accompanied by a security similar to that required under section 26, 52(1), 60(1), 70F(1) or 84A(1) in respect of the lease or licence; and

            (b)         when 2 or more tenements, the property of the same holder, are to be transferred, a separate transfer shall be executed for each; and

            (c)         when a tenement is held by several holders, and 2 or more of such holders desire to transfer the whole or portion of their interests, a separate transfer shall be executed by each holder; and

            (d)         when all holders desire to simultaneously transfer the whole tenement, one transfer, executed by all the holders shall be sufficient; and

            (e)         when a holder desires to transfer portions of his interest in a tenement to 2 or more persons a separate transfer for each interest transferred shall be executed; and

            (f)         all transfers shall take priority according to the date and time of their registration; and

            (g)         when —

                  (i)         a mining tenement is encumbered by a mortgage; or

                  (ii)         a share in a mining tenement is encumbered by a mortgage and the transfer affects that share,

                the transfer shall be accompanied by the written consent of the affected mortgagee.

        [Regulation 75 amended: Gazette 31 May 1991 p. 2699; 24 Jun 1994 p. 2933; 15 Jan 2010 p. 109-10; 13 Dec 2019 p. 4236.]



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