Ratification of certain instruments
4AB Ratification of certain instruments
Despite any law to the contrary, the Authorisation:
is valid and effective; and
(b) authorises mining activity of any kind (including the conversion of the Mine from an underground into an open-cut mine).
Despite any law to the contrary, the Mining Management Plan:
is valid and effective; and
(b) was validly approved by the Minister for Mines and Energy on 13 October 2006.
(3) This section operates retrospectively and prospectively as follows:
(a) subsection (1) operates on each of the constituent authorisations from the date on which it was purportedly made; and
subsection (2) operates from 13 October 2006.
In this section:
Authorisation means the constituent authorisations.
constituent authorisations means:
(a) the authorisation under section 36 of the Mining Management Act 2001 dated 21 January 2003 and numbered 0059-01; and
(b) the further authorisation under section 36 of the Mining Management Act 2001, varying that authorisation, dated 13 October 2006, and numbered 0059-02.
Mine means the mine that forms part of the McArthur River Project.
mining activity, see section 13A of the Environment Protection Act 2019.
Mining Management Plan means the mining management plan related to the Mine and purportedly approved by the Minister for Mines and Energy on 13 October 2006.
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