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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 2100 asked in the Legislative Council on 7 May 2019 by Hon Robin Chapple

Question Directed to the: Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Parliament: 40 Session: 1


Question

I refer to Mining Lease 38/1274-1276 inclusive, and I ask:
(a) is the Minister aware that:
(i) the tenements for Mining Lease 38/1274; 38/1275; and 38/1276 were applied for on 18 December 2016;
(ii) the mineralisation reports for the three sites, despite being created on 16 December 2016, are signed and dated 24 January 2017; and
(iii) the supporting statements are signed as 15 December 2016, despite a creation date given as the 16 December 2016; and
(b) is the Minister aware that the date signed on the mineralisation report for Mining Lease 38/1274-1276 is in excess of the fourteen day limit prescribed by The Mining Act (1978) (WA) (The Act), as confirmed by the High Court in the Forrest and Forrest Pty Ltd vs Wilson [2017] HCA 30?

Answered on 11 June 2019

(a)

(i)        No – Mining Leases 38/1274, 38/1275 and 38/1276 were applied for on 19 December 2016.

(ii)       Yes – Mineralisation Reports and supporting statements were lodged on 19 December 2016, and additional information was subsequently lodged on 24 January 2017.

(iii)      The supporting statements are dated 15 December 2016 and have a lodgement date of 19 December 2016. Amended statements were received 25 January 2017.

(b)       There is no time period prescribed in the Mining Act 1978 for the lodgement of a mineralisation report.