Northern Territory Numbered Acts

MCARTHUR RIVER PROJECT AMENDMENT (RATIFICATION OF MINING AUTHORITIES) ACT 2007 (NO 6 OF 2007) - SECT 4AB

    (1)     Despite any law to the contrary, the Authorisation:

    (a)     is valid and effective; and

    (b)     authorises mining activity of any kind (including the conversion of the Mine from an underground into an open-cut mine).

    (2)     Despite any law to the contrary, the Mining Management Plan:

    (a)     is valid and effective; and

    (b)     was validly approved by the Minister for Mines and Energy on 13 October 2006.

    (3)     This section operates retrospectively and prospectively as follows:

    (a)     subsection (1) operates on each of the constituent authorisations from the date on which it was purportedly made; and

    (b)     subsection (2) operates from 13 October 2006.

    (4)     In this section:

"Authorisation" means the constituent authorisations;

"constituent authorisations" means:

    (a)     the authorisation under section 36 of the Mining Management Act dated 21 January 2003 and numbered 0059-01; and

    (b)     the further authorisation under section 36 of the Mining Management Act , varying that authorisation, dated 13 October 2006, and numbered 0059-02;

"Mine" means the mine that forms part of the McArthur River Project;

"mining activity", see the Mining Management Act ;

"Mining Management Plan" means the mining management plan related to the Mine and purportedly approved by the Minister for Mines and Energy on 13 October 2006.