Mining Regulation 2016

(Former clause 7 of 2010 Reg)

The following activities are prescribed as ancillary mining activities for the purposes of the definition of ancillary mining activity in the Dictionary to the Act—

the construction, maintenance or use (in or in connection with mining operations) of any one or more of the following—

any building or mining plant,

any road, railway, tramway, bridge or jetty,

any reservoir, dam, drain or water race,

any cable, conveyor, pipeline, telephone line or signalling system,

any bin, magazine or fuel chute,

any plant nursery,

opal puddling,

the removal, stockpiling, management or depositing of overburden, ore or tailings to the extent that it is associated with mineral extraction or mineral beneficiation,

the storage of fuel, machinery, timber or equipment for use in or in connection with mining operations,

the generation and transmission of electricity for use in or in connection with mining operations,

the construction, maintenance and use (in or in connection with mining operations) of any drillhole or shaft for—

drainage of gas, or

drainage or conveyance of water, or

ventilation, or

conveyance of electricity, or

conveyance of materials, or

communications, or

emergency access to underground workings,

the environmental management, protection and rehabilitation of land on which an ancillary mining activity referred to in another paragraph of this clause is being or has been carried out.