Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Application for a
mining tenement shall be in the form of Form 21 and lodged within
10 days of marking out or within any extension of that period under
subregulation (7).
(1a) For the purposes
of section 58(1) an application for an exploration licence, in the form
of Form 21, includes —
(a) a
completed copy of Attachment 1 to Form 21, identifying the block or
blocks to which the application relates by number; and
(b) a
completed copy of Attachment 2 to Form 21, clearly delineating the block
or blocks to which the application relates,
in accordance with
section 58(2)(a).
(1b) The prescribed
application fee for a mining tenement is set out in Schedule 2
item 9.
(1C) An application
for a mining tenement of particular land must be accompanied by the annual
rent set out in whichever of Schedule 2 items 1 to 8 that applies to that kind
of mining tenement.
(2) On receipt of the
application the mining registrar shall post a copy of the application on the
notice board at his office.
(3) The applicant
shall obtain from the mining registrar sufficient copies of the application to
enable, where applicable, copies to be served or given in accordance with
sections 33, 41, 56A, 70, 74, 85B, 91 or 118 of the Act, and compliance
with subregulations (5) and (6).
[(4) deleted]
(5) The applicant
shall cause an advertisement, containing such particulars of the application
as the Director General of Mines requires, to be published —
(a) in a
newspaper or newspapers; and
(b) on a
day of the week,
nominated by the
Director General of Mines, within 14 days of the date of the application
or within any extension of that period under subregulation (7).
(5a)
Subregulation (5) does not apply in relation to an application for a
special prospecting licence under section 56A, 70 or 85B.
(5b)
Subregulation (5) does not apply in relation to a reversion licence
application if the boundaries of the land to which the application relates are
identical to, or located entirely within, the boundaries of the land the
subject of the relevant lease application or lease applications referred to in
section 120AA(2).
(6) An applicant for a
mining tenement in respect of land that is the subject of a miscellaneous
licence shall, in addition to giving notice of the application as required by
the Act and these regulations, cause a copy of the application to be given to
the holder of the miscellaneous licence within 14 days after lodging the
application.
(7) The Minister or
the warden may extend the period referred to in subregulation (1) or (5)
if a request for extension is made within that period.
[Regulation 64 amended in Gazette
2 Oct 1987 p. 3819; 31 May 1991 p. 2698‑9;
31 Jul 1992 p. 3776; 2 Jul 1993 p. 3271;
24 Jun 1994 p. 2931; 13 Oct 1995 p. 4818;
4 Apr 1997 p. 1778; 2 Feb 2001 p. 712‑13;
3 Feb 2006 p. 520 and 594; 15 Jan 2010 p. 106-8
and 136; 18 Mar 2011 p. 917; 24 Jun 2011 p. 2511.]