This Act, consisting of 208 sections divided into ten Parts and completed by two Schedules, provides for the development of mineral resources in Tasmania. The Act provides the framework for compulsory mineral tenement leases in Tasmania. It sets out procedures and requirements for applying for exploration licences, retention licences, mining leases, prospecting licences. The Act further provides for: declaration by the Minister of fossicking areas; notification to the Director of any drill core or cutting recovered from land in licence or lease areas; establishment of the Mining Tribunal; claims and appeals; compensation for compensable loss; powers of the Minister related to geoscientifc investigation and research; declaration by the Minister of landslip areas; rehabilitation of abandoned mining lands; mining register; etc.
Australie · 1995-12-08