📜 Mining Amendment Bill 2025
Legislative Council Second ReadingLABill 2826 June 2025
The Mining Amendment Bill 2025 amends the Mining Act 1978 to update tenement application requirements, improve resource tenure processes, and address issues arising from the Forrest & Forrest Pty Ltd v Wilson and Ors [2017] HCA 30 case.
Impact
Mining companies and prospectors are affected by the changes to application requirements, potentially streamlining the process and providing more certainty. The amendments aim to improve the efficiency of resource tenure processes.
Key Changes
["Removes contemporaneity requirements for supporting documents.", "Updates assessment requirements for mineralisation reports.", "Vests certain administrative decisions regarding enforcement with the Minister."]
Parliamentary Progress
- LA Second Reading SpeechLA26 June 2025
- LA IntroducedLA26 June 2025
- LA Second Reading MovedLA26 June 2025
- LA Consideration in DetailLA9 Sept 2025
- LA AmendedLA9 Sept 2025
- LA Second Reading AgreedLA9 Sept 2025
- LA Third ReadingLA10 Sept 2025
- LC Second Reading SpeechLC11 Sept 2025
- LC Second Reading MovedLC11 Sept 2025
- LC First ReadingLC11 Sept 2025
Affected Sectors
miningresources
Penalty Provisions1 found
regulatory
96ARegulatoryfine
Non-compliance with the Mining Act 1978 or conditions of a mining tenement
“96A. Penalties may be imposed as alternative to forfeiture”
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