Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may make provision for or in relation to prohibiting or regulating all or any of the following matters:
(a) the exploration for minerals on relevant land;
(b) the mining for, or recovery of, minerals on or from relevant land;
(c) the carrying on of operations, and the execution of works, for a purpose referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
(2) Regulations made for subsection (1) may include, but are not limited to, provisions for or in relation to—
(a) vesting Territory courts with jurisdiction in matters arising under the regulations; and
(b) if minerals are owned by the Commonwealth—the payment of royalties in respect of minerals mined or recovered in accordance with such a lease, licence, permit or authority; and
(c) the payment to the Territory of amounts representing the whole or part of amounts received by the Executive under the regulations.
Note A fee may be determined under section 117 (Determination of fees) for the grant, under the regulations, of a lease, licence, permit or other authority.
(3) Regulations made for subsection (1) have no effect to the extent that they are inconsistent with rights of the kind referred to in the Atomic Energy Act 1953 (Cwth), section 35 (4) or an authority under section 41 (1) of that Act.
(4) In this section:
"mineral" means a naturally occurring substance or mixture of substances.
"relevant land" means land in the ACT that is vested in a Territory authority
after having been acquired by the authority under this Act.