Mining on public reserves etc. and Commonwealth land
23 Mining on public reserves etc. and Commonwealth land
Subject to this Act, a mining tenement may be applied for in respect of the following land (not being land that is already the subject of a mining tenement) —
land, or land of a class, to which section 24, 24A or 25 applies;
Commonwealth land.
The holder of a mining tenement in respect of such land must not carry out mining on or under that land otherwise than in accordance with a relevant consent obtained in relation to that land under section 24, 24A, 25 or 25A.
A mining tenement held in relation to such land is liable to be forfeited if the holder of the tenement —
contravenes this section; or
is in breach of any term or condition to which a consent given under section 24, 24A, 25 or 25A is made subject.
[Section 23 inserted: No. 51 of 2012 s. 12.]
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