Minerals Development Act 2017

Entitlement to compensation in relation to exercise of ancillary underground rights

104. Every owner of an estate or interest in the subsurface of private land is entitled to compensation under this Chapter for the exercise of an ancillary underground right by a licensee under a mining licence granted after this section comes into operation where the exercise of such rights affects the portion of that subsurface that lies 10 metres or more below the surface.