South Australian Current Acts

MINING ACT 1971 - SECT 56F

56F—Related environmental legislation

        (1)         This section applies in relation to—

            (a)         an application for an exploration licence or for the renewal of an exploration licence; and

            (b)         an application for a mining lease or for the renewal of a mining lease; and

            (c)         an application for a retention lease or for the renewal of a retention lease; and

            (d)         an application for a miscellaneous purposes licence or for the renewal of a miscellaneous purposes licence; and

            (e)         an application for a change in operations under Division 7; and

            (f)         in relation to an exploration licence after it has been granted—an application for approval of a program that applies in relation to the licence under Part 10A so as to authorise the use of declared equipment.

        (2)         If an application to which this section applies relates to an area within the Murray-Darling Basin, the Minister must, in considering the application, take into account the objects of the River Murray Act 2003 and the Objectives for a Healthy River Murray under that Act.