Mining Act 1992

All uranium existing in a natural state on or below the surface of any land in the State is the property of the Crown, and is taken to have been so always.

All Crown grants and leases and every licence and other instrument of title or tenure under any Act relating to lands of the Crown, whether granted before or after the commencement of this section, are taken to contain a reservation to the Crown of all uranium existing in a natural state on or below the surface of the land comprised in the instrument concerned.

No compensation is payable by the Crown for—

any uranium that was at any time vested in any person other than the Crown, or

any rights or interests in any uranium of any person other than the Crown that are affected by the operation of this section.

The provisions of this section have effect despite anything contained in section 42 of the Real Property Act 1900.

In this section—