Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

MINING REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 2

2 .         Terms used

                In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears —

        block has the meaning ascribed to it in Part IV, Division 2 of the Act;

        date of application when referring to an application for a mining tenement means the date on which the application is lodged together with the prescribed fees;

        Director, Environment Division means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Director, Environment Division in the Department;

        environmental officer means a person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Environmental Officer in the Environment Division of the Department;

        existing exploration licence means an exploration licence —

            (a)         granted before the commencement of section 16 of the Mining Amendment Act 1990 ² ; or

            (b)         for which an application was made before the commencement of section 16 of the Mining Amendment Act 1990 ² and which has subsequently been granted;

        file means file at any mining registrar’s office;

        Form , followed by a designation, means the form with that designation in Schedule 1;

        graticular exploration licence means an exploration licence the application for which was made on or after the commencement of section 16 of the Mining Amendment Act 1990 ² and which has subsequently been granted;

        graticular section has the meaning ascribed to it in Part IV, Division 2 of the Act;

        lawyer means an Australian legal practitioner as defined in the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3;

        lodge means lodge at any mining registrar’s office;

        mineral exploration report has the same meaning as it has in section 115A(1);

        prescribed fee means the relevant fee set out in Schedule 2;

        quarterly period means each period of 3 calendar months from the date on which the term of a mining tenement commences;

        royalty return means a royalty return referred to in regulation 85B;

        section means section of the Act;

        working day means a day on which any mining registrar’s office is open for business.

        [Regulation 2 amended in Gazette 12 Nov 1982 p. 4490; 2 Oct 1987 p. 3813; 20 May 1988 p. 1705; 31 May 1991 p. 2696; 24 Jun 1994 p. 2927‑8; 13 Oct 1995 p. 4814; 3 Feb 2006 p. 575-6; 9 Mar 2007 p. 867; 15 Jan 2010 p. 97 and 136; 18 Mar 2011 p. 911‑12.]