The Minister's discretionary power under s 111A(1)(c) of the Mining Act 1978 (WA) to terminate applications for mining tenements on 'reasonable grounds in the public interest' extends to considerations of protecting tenement holders from loss of title due to minor inadvertence, promoting investment, and fairness, and the State's Iron Ore Policy is a relevant (not irrelevant) consideration. Only the actual knowledge of the natural person who is the Minister is relevant to procedural fairness obligations — corporate or constructive knowledge of the Minister as corporation sole, or knowledge of predecessor Ministers or departmental officers, is not attributable to the decision-maker for procedural fairness purposes.
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