40
In forceGrant of prospecting licence
Part IVMining tenements
Division 1Prospecting licence
40 Grant of prospecting licence
(1)
Subject to this Act, the mining registrar or the warden, in accordance with section 42, may, on the application of any person grant to that person a licence to be known as a prospecting licence which shall be subject to such conditions as are prescribed or are imposed pursuant to section 24, 24A or 25 or are specified in the licence.
(2)
The area of land in respect of which any one prospecting licence may be granted shall not exceed 200 ha.
(3)
A person may be granted more than one prospecting licence.
[Section 40 amended: No. 122 of 1982 s. 8; No. 100 of 1985 s. 27; No. 58 of 1994 s. 7; No. 5 of 1997 s. 41(2).]
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