References to types of industry
12 References to types of industry
A category in schedule 2 described as ‘industry’ followed by the word ‘light’, ‘service’, ‘offensive’ or ‘heavy’ applies to a prescribed property if the property is used for an industry of a type ordinarily described, by the local government in whose area the property is situated, by that word.
A category in schedule 2 described as ‘industry’ followed by the word ‘extractive’ applies to a prescribed property if the property is used to mine mineral or other material.
In this section—
disposing includes the disposal of tailings and waste rock.
extracting includes—
crushing, grinding, concentrating, screening, washing, jigging, tabling, electrowinning, solvent extraction electrowinning, heap leaching, flotation, fluidised bedding, carbon-in-leach, carbon-in-pulp processing; and
the physical, chemical, electrical, magnetic or other way of separation of a mineral or other material.
material includes clay, gravel, loam, rock, sand, soil and other substances found in the earth.
mine means to carry on an operation with a view to, or for the purpose of—
winning mineral or other material from a place where it occurs; or
extracting mineral or other material from its natural state; or
disposing of mineral or other material in connection with, or waste substances resulting from, the winning or extraction.
mineral see the Mineral Resources Act 1989, section 6.
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