Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00333:section:41:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00333
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 41 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 13238–15901

41  Authority to mine prescribed substances on behalf of, or in association with, the Commonwealth

Minister may confer authority
 (1) The Minister may, by writing under his or her hand, authorize a person, or 2 or more persons engaged in a joint venture, to carry on, on behalf of or in association with the Commonwealth, operations in accordance with this section in relation to the whole, or a specified part, of the land in the Ranger Project Area.

Powers under authority
 (2) While the authority is in force in relation to an area of land, the person or persons on whom the authority has been conferred may (subject to any conditions or restrictions specified in the authority and any requirements imposed by the authority):
 (a) enter upon that land, with such workers and other persons as he or she thinks fit, and bring on to that land such machinery, vehicles and other things as he or she thinks fit;
 (b) take possession of the whole or a part of that land;
 (c) carry on, upon or under that land, operations for discovering prescribed substances, and for mining, recovering, treating and processing prescribed substances and such other minerals as it is necessary or convenient to mine or recover in order to obtain prescribed substances;
 (ca) carry on, upon or under that land, operations relating to the protection, rehabilitation, remediation or monitoring of that land;
 (cb) carry on, upon or under that land, any other operations authorized by the authority as mentioned in subsection (2AAA);
 (d) for the purposes of operations referred to in paragraph (c), (ca) or (cb):
 (i) erect or install buildings (including residential buildings), structures and machinery on that land;
 (ii) cut and construct water races, drains, dams, tramways and roads on that land;
 (iii) bore or sink for water, and pump, raise or use water, on that land; and
 (iv) do other work on that land;
 (e) demolish or remove buildings, structures and machinery erected or installed on that land;
 (ea) remove from that land persons who enter upon, or are on, that land otherwise than:
 (i) with the consent of the person so authorized; or
 (ii) in pursuance of a right or power conferred by law;
 (f) pass over, or authorize persons and things to pass or be carried over, land giving access to that land; and
 (g) do all such other things as are necessary or convenient for the effectual exercise of the powers specified in the preceding paragraphs of this subsection.
 (2AAA) An authority under this section may, for the purposes of paragraph (2)(cb), authorize the carrying on of specified operations in relation to the whole, or a specified part, of the land in the