Western Australian Numbered Acts

MINING AMENDMENT ACT 2002 (NO. 15 OF 2002) - SECT 9

9 .         Section 56A amended

        (1)         Section 56A(1) is amended as follows:

            (a)         by deleting “and whether or not the primary tenement is converted into a retention licence or a mining lease pending the determination of the application for a special prospecting licence”;

            (b)         in paragraphs (a) and (b) by deleting “prospecting licence” and in each case inserting instead —

                “ primary tenement ”.

        (2)         After section 56A(9) the following subsection is inserted —

“
        (9a)         Where, before the determination of an application for a special prospecting licence in respect of land, the primary tenement is surrendered or forfeited or expires, the application is, by virtue of this subsection, converted into an application for a prospecting licence in respect of that land and the provisions of this Act relating to such applications apply accordingly.

”.

        (3)         Section 56A(12) is amended by deleting “Subsection (10) does” and inserting instead —

                “ Subsections (9a) and (10) do ”.