South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations9—Shape, dimensions and availability
(1) Subject to this
regulation, the shape of an area pegged out for—
(a) a
small precious stones claim—must approximate a square, with no side
exceeding 50 metres in length;
(b) a
large precious stones claim—must approximate a rectangle, with a breadth
not exceeding 50 metres and a length not exceeding 100 metres;
(c) an
extra large precious stones claim—must approximate a rectangle, with a
breadth not exceeding 100 metres and a length not exceeding 200 metres;
(d) an
opal development lease—must approximate a square, with no side exceeding
200 metres in length.
(2) If it is
impracticable to comply with subregulation (1) because of the position of
adjoining boundaries for other areas, an intervening or irregularly shaped
piece of land may be pegged out for a tenement but, in this case, an
application to approve the pegging must be immediately made to a mining
registrar, or to a person authorised by the Mining Registrar for the purposes
of this regulation.
(3) However, the sides
of an area pegged out under subregulation (2) for an opal development
lease must in all cases be between 100 and 200 metres, subject to the
qualification that a mining registrar may specifically approve a side that is
less than 100 metres in a particular case.
(4) Subject to
subregulation (5), a person who has pegged out an intervening or
irregularly shaped area under subregulation (2) will be taken to have
effected a valid pegging (at least until the matter is determined by
application under that subregulation).
(5) A person who has
pegged out an intervening or irregularly shaped area under
subregulation (2) must not conduct mining operations on the land unless
or until a written approval is given on application under that subregulation.