Mining Act 1992

The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, constitute any prescribed land as an opal prospecting area and may, by the same or a subsequent order so published, name the area and fix its boundaries.

For the purposes of this section, prescribed land is—

any land held under a lease or licence for grazing purposes under the Crown Land Management Act 2016, or

Crown land other than—

land that is held under a lease or licence (not being a lease or licence referred to in paragraph (a)) under the Crown Land Management Act 2016, or

land in respect of which a Crown land manager has been appointed or that is under the control of a council pursuant to section 48 of the Local Government Act 1993, or

land that is subject to an easement, or

any land of a class or description prescribed by the regulations.

In subsection (2)—

Crown land has the same meaning as in the Crown Land Management Act 2016.

licence includes a permissive occupancy.