Mining Act 1992

This clause applies to a mining lease granted before the commencement of the Mining Amendment (Development Consent) Act 2013 for which an appropriate development consent was required under section 65.

If a development consent was in force in relation to land over which the mining lease was granted when the lease was granted and the development consent related to any of the activities permitted under the lease by this Act, the grant of the mining lease is taken to comply, and to always have complied, with the requirements of section 65.

To avoid doubt and without limiting subclause (2), a development consent related to a mining purpose permitted under a mining lease granted in respect of a mineral or minerals is sufficient for the purposes of that subclause even if the development consent is not for the mining of a mineral or minerals.

This clause applies to a mining lease even if the mining lease is or has been found to be invalid because of a contravention of the requirements of section 65.