Mining Act 1978

Where for the purposes of this Act, or the regulations made for the purposes of this Act, it is necessary to determine the position on the surface of the Earth of a point, line or area, that position is to be determined by reference to the prescribed Australian datum.

A datum may be prescribed for all or some of the purposes referred to in subsection (1), and different datums may be prescribed for different purposes.

Regulations that prescribe a datum for the purposes referred to in subsection (1), or amend that datum or prescribe another datum to replace that datum, may make any transitional or savings provisions that are necessary or convenient to be made —

in relation to mining tenements granted or acquired before the regulations take effect; or

in relation to applications for mining tenements pending when the regulations take effect; or

for any other purpose.

Regulations referred to in subsection (2) may modify or otherwise affect the operation of this Act.