Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794:section:46:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 46 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 240084–242841

46  Terms and conditions to which grant of mining interest subject
 (1) An intending miner who seeks the grant of a mining interest in respect of Aboriginal land in respect of which that intending miner holds or held an exploration licence or an exploration retention licence (whether that exploration licence or exploration retention licence was granted before or after the land became Aboriginal land) shall submit to the relevant Land Council a statement, in writing, setting out:
 (a) a comprehensive proposal in relation to the mining works that the intending miner proposes to conduct on the land which includes, but is not limited to, the following particulars:
 (i) the anticipated period of activity of the mining works;
 (ii) the proposed mining techniques;
 (iii) the extent to which the mining and related activities will, or are likely to affect the environment inside and outside the affected land;
 (iv) the proposed method and amount of vehicular access to and within the affected land with reference to any proposals to construct roads, landing strips or other access facilities;
 (v) the maximum number of people likely to be on the affected land from time to time;
 (vi) the water, timber and other requirements to be obtained from the affected land;
 (vii) proposals for minimising the effect of the proposed mining works on the affected land;
 (viii) any other information of the kind that would, under the law of the Northern Territory relating to the protection of the environment, be required to be included in an environmental impact statement in relation to the proposed mining works;
 (ix) proposals for rehabilitation;
 (x) proposals for minimising social impact;
 (xi) projected production capacity and scale of operations;
 (xii) infrastructure requirements; and
 (xiii) terms and conditions relating to payment;
 (b) the name, position and qualifications of the person or persons, not exceeding 3 in number, who will represent the intending miner at meetings convened pursuant to subsection (5) or, in the event that that person or any of those persons is unable so to represent the intending miner, of any other person authorised to represent the intending miner in lieu of the person who is unable so to represent the intending miner.
 (2) The intending miner shall cause a copy of the statement to be sent to the Minister.
 (3) Where the intending miner submits the statement to the Land Council, the intending miner and the Land Council shall try, within 12 months after receipt by the Land Council of the statement or, if a longer period is agreed upon, in writing, between the intending miner and the Land Council, that longer period, to agree upon the terms and conditions to which the grant of the mining interest will