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MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1990 - SECT 113

Discovery of uranium or thorium to be reported

    (1)     A person who discovers any uranium or thorium in or on any land in Victoria must immediately report in writing that discovery to the Minister.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     The Minister may, by notice served on the person reporting a discovery under subsection (1), require that person to give him or her the further particulars relating to the discovery specified in the notice within the period specified in the notice.

    (3)     A person must comply with a notice served on that person under subsection (2).

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

    (4)     A person must not possess, use, sell or otherwise dispose of any uranium or thorium except under and in accordance with an authority granted by the Minister.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (5)     An authority granted by the Minister under subsection (4) may contain any terms and conditions that the Minister thinks fit.

    (6)     The Minister may, by notice served on a person who is unlawfully in possession of any uranium or thorium, require that person to deliver the uranium or thorium to the Minister at the time and place specified in the notice.

    (7)     A person must comply with a notice served on that person under subsection (6).

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

S. 113A inserted by No. 8/2017 s. 6.



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