Mining Regulation 2016

(Former clause 58 of 2010 Reg)

For the purposes of section 163C (2) (a) of the Act, the holder of an authority must prepare and lodge with the Secretary a partial relinquishment report that complies with this clause when the holder’s authority has been—

partially cancelled, or

renewed over an area of land that is less than the area over which the authority applied prior to its renewal.

A partial relinquishment report must be lodged with the Secretary within 1 calendar month after the Secretary gives notice of the cancellation or renewal of a kind referred to in subclause (1).

A partial relinquishment report is only required in relation to the area of land which formed part of the authority before the cancellation or renewal of the kind referred to in subclause (1).

A partial relinquishment report must contain the following—

a summary of all surveys and other operations carried out by or on behalf of the holder of the authority during the period within which the land that has been relinquished was subject to the authority,

detailed data of all surveys and other operations,

the results and conclusions of such surveys and any other operations.