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MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 21

21 Application for prospecting permit

(1) An application for a prospecting permit for land must—

(a) be made in the approved form and lodged with the mining registrar; and
(b) be accompanied by—
(i) proof, to the mining registrar's satisfaction, of the applicant's identity; and
(ii) the fee prescribed under a regulation; and
(c) state the applicant's name, and address for service of notices; and
(d) if the application is for a parcel prospecting permit—
(i) identify, by sketch and description, or in another way acceptable to the mining registrar, the land over which the permit is sought and land proposed to be used as access; and
(ii) state the name and address of each owner of occupied land over which the permit is sought; and
(iii) state the name and address of each owner of land proposed to be used as access.

(2) The mining registrar must, within 5 business days after the application is lodged, give a copy of it to the EPA administering authority.

(3) Subsection (2) ceases to apply if the application is rejected under section 22.



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