Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

MINING REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 23AB

23AB .         Grounds for extension under Act s. 61(2)

                Each of the following is a ground for extension for the purposes of section 61(2) —

            (a)         by reason of difficulties or delays —

                  (i)         occasioned by law; or

                  (ii)         arising from administrative, political, environmental or other requirements of governmental or other authorities, in the State or elsewhere; or

            (iia)         arising from a requirement to conduct an Aboriginal heritage survey on the land; or

                  (iii)         in obtaining requisite consents or approvals for exploration or for the marking out of a mining lease or general purpose lease in relation to any part of the land; or

                  (iv)         in gaining access to the land because of unfavourable climatic conditions,

                the exploration programme, or the marking out and application appropriate to a mining lease or general purpose lease in relation to the land, could not be undertaken or completed or is restricted in a manner that is, or subject to conditions that are, for the time being impracticable;

            (b)         the land the subject of the licence has for any reason the Minister considers sufficient been unworkable for the whole or a considerable part of any year of the term;

            (c)         work already carried out under the licence justifies further exploration;

            (d)         if the exploration licence has retention status, the grounds for approval of retention status under section 69B continue to exist.

        [Regulation 23AB inserted in Gazette 13 Oct 1995 p. 4816; amended in Gazette 3 Feb 2006 p. 586-7; 5 Mar 2010 p. 850.]