Claims
14 Claims
Any obligation under the Mining Act 1973 in connection with a claim registered under Part 4 of that Act (being an obligation in existence in force immediately before the relevant commencement) is taken to be an obligation under this Act in connection with the corresponding mineral claim.
Any security given in respect of a claim under Part 4 of the Mining Act 1973 before the relevant commencement is taken to be security given in respect of the corresponding mineral claim under this Act.
Any claim whose registration had been renewed under Part 4 of the Mining Act 1973 before the relevant commencement is taken to be a mineral claim renewed under Part 9 of this Act.
A certificate of registration of a claim or of renewal of registration of a claim issued before the relevant commencement is taken to have been duly issued under this Act.
Any application for the registration of a person on whom the rights of a registered holder of a claim have devolved as the holder of the claim (being an application that had not been finally dealt with before the relevant commencement) is to continue to be dealt with as if this Act had not been enacted.
Any such registration is taken to be a transfer duly effected under this Act.
Any suspension of the conditions of a registered claim under Part 4 of the Mining Act 1973 and in force immediately before the relevant commencement is taken to be a suspension of the conditions of the corresponding mineral claim under section 215 of this Act.
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