This Decree amends the Mining Act by inserting a new section 17(A) which extends the definition of land as given in section to of the principal Act for purposes of Part II concerning prospecting and mining. The extended definition of "land" shall be applicable only to the issuance of special prospecting licences. "Land" in Part II includes water and land covered by water, and: (a) any interest in land; (b) inland waters including the bed of any river, stream, estuary, lake or swamp; (c) the foreshore, being that area between the mean high water spring level of the sea and the mean low water spring level of the sea; (d) the seabed and the deep seabed and subsoil of the area between the mean low water spring level of the sea and the outer boundary or boundaries of the exclusive economic zone within the meaning of the Marine Spaces Act (Cap. 158A).
Fidji · 2010-07-20