Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Section 8(1)
is amended as follows:
(a) by
deleting the definition of “minerals” and inserting the following
definition instead —
"minerals" means naturally occurring
substances obtained or obtainable from any land by mining operations carried
out on or under the surface of the land, but does not include —
(a)
soil;
(b) a
substance the recovery of which is governed by the Petroleum Act 1967 or
the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 ;
(c) a
meteorite as defined in the Museum Act 1969 ; or
(d) any
of the following substances if it occurs on private land —
(i)
limestone, rock or gravel;
(ii)
shale, other than oil shale;
(iii)
sand, other than mineral sand, silica sand or garnet
sand; or
(iv)
clay, other than kaolin, bentonite, attapulgite or
montmorillonite;
”;
(b) in
the definition of “mining registrar” by deleting “the office
of Director, Mining Registration Division, of” and inserting
instead —
“ a prescribed office or position in ”;
(c) by
inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position the following
definition —
"related" has a meaning affected by
subsection (4);
”.
(2) After
section 8(3) the following subsection is inserted —
“
(4) For the purposes of this Act a person is related
to —
(a) an
individual, if the person is —
(i)
the spouse or de facto spouse (as defined in
section 9 of the Corporations Act);
(ii)
a parent or remoter linear ancestor;
(iii)
a son, daughter or remoter issue; or
(iv)
a brother or sister,
of the individual; and
(b) a
body corporate, if the person is a related entity (as defined in
section 9 of the Corporations Act) in relation to the body corporate.
”.