Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Land in respect of
which a person is seeking a mining tenement shall, except where other
provision is expressly made, be marked out —
(a) by
fixing firmly in the ground —
(i)
at or as close as practicable to each corner or angle of
the land concerned; or
(ii)
if there is an existing survey mark at a corner or angle
of the land concerned, as close as practicable to the survey mark without
moving, changing or otherwise interfering with the survey mark,
a post projecting at
least 1 m above the ground; and
(b)
subject to subregulation (3), by either —
(i)
cutting 2 clearly identifiable trenches; or
(ii)
placing 2 clearly identifiable rows of stones,
each at least 1 m
long from each post in the general direction of the boundary lines; and
(c) then
by fixing firmly to one of the posts as the datum post, notice of marking out
in the form of Form 20.
(2) Where the land
adjoins other land in respect of which the same person is seeking or holds a
mining tenement, common posts and, if required, common trenches or common rows
of stones may be used for the marking out of each parcel of land.
(3) Where a post is
fixed as close as practicable to an existing survey mark under
subregulation (1)(a)(ii), marking out in the manner described in
subregulation (1)(b) is not required.
(4) This regulation
does not apply to the marking out of a miscellaneous licence.
[Regulation 59 inserted in Gazette
16 Nov 1990 p. 5728; amended in Gazette 2 Jul 1993
p. 3271; 15 Aug 2003 p. 3693; 15 Jan 2010
p. 106.]