By‑laws
4 By‑laws
The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Corporation, make, alter and repeal by‑laws, in accordance with and for the purposes referred to in clause 23 of the Agreement, and the by‑laws —
shall be published in the Gazette;
shall take effect and have the force of law from the date they are so published or from a later date fixed by the order making the by‑laws;
may prescribe penalties not exceeding one hundred dollars for a breach of any of the by‑laws;
are not subject to section 3 of the Interpretation Act 1918,
but shall be laid before each House of Parliament within the six sitting days of such House next following the publication of the by‑laws in the Gazette.
First Schedule — Uranium (Yeelirrie) Agreement
[s. 2]
[Heading amended: No. 40 of 1982 s.4; No. 19 of 2010 s. 4.]
THIS AGREEMENT made this first day of November 1978 BETWEEN THE HONOURABLE SIR CHARLES WALTER MICHAEL COURT, O.B.E., M.L.A., Premier of the State of Western Australia, acting for and on behalf of the said State and its instrumentalities from time to time (hereinafter called “the State”) of the one part and WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LIMITED a company duly incorporated in the State of Victoria and having its registered office in that State at 459 Collins Street, Melbourne and having its principal office in the State of Western Australia at 181 Great Eastern Highway, Belmont (hereinafter referred to as “the Corporation” which term shall where the context so admits or requires extend to and include the Corporation its successors and assigns or such of them who for the time being are entitled to the benefit of, or who are required to fulfil the obligations of the Corporation under this Agreement), of the other part.
WHEREAS:
The Corporation has established the existence of an are body containing in excess of 20 million tonnes of commercial grade uranium ore.
The Corporation intends to establish a metallurgical research plant at Kalgoorlie at a cost in excess of $7 million and under a programme estimated to cost approximately $6 million to test such ore.
The Corporation is currently investigating the economic feasibility of constructing a uranium and vanadium treatment plant at Yeelirrie with a capacity to treat 1.21 million tonnes of ore per year to produce uranium oxide (yellow‑cake) and vanadium oxide (red‑cake) for export through a port or ports in Western Australia.
The Corporation intends to provide facilities and services necessary for the accommodation health safety and welfare of its workforce and to take adequate measures to safeguard the public and the environment in its operation under this Agreement.
The Corporation has in respect of both the proposed metallurgical research plant and the uranium vanadium treatment plant submitted environmental review and management programmes to the State for consideration.
The Corporation is currently negotiating with Esso Exploration and Production Australia Inc., a company duly incorporated in the State of Delaware in the United States of America and having its principal office in Australia at 127 Kent Street, Sydney and Urangesellschaft Australia Pty. Limited a company duly incorporated in Victoria and having its registered office at 608 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne for the joint development with a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Mining Corporation Limited (to be incorporated in Western Australia) of the project referred to in this Agreement.
NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH:
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