Where a ratifying statute merely approves a mining lease agreement subject to a Western Australian government agreement (rather than enacting its provisions), the agreement has only contractual force and the mining leases remain creatures of the Mining Act, with the consequence that transitional provisions of the Mining Act 1978 (WA) apply to remove mineral-specific restrictions.
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