Minerals Development Act 2017
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Chapter 3 Consequential Amendments | ||
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Amendment of Foreshore Act 1933 | ||
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239. The Foreshore Act 1933 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 1— | ||
(i) by inserting the following before the definition of the expression “beach material”: | ||
“the word ‘minerals’ has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Minerals Development Act 2017;”, | ||
(ii) by substituting the following for the definition of the expression “beach material”: | ||
“the expression ‘beach material’ means clay, sand, gravel, shingle, stones and rocks on the surface of the seashore and includes outcrops of rock above the surface of the seashore and also includes bent grass growing on the seashore and also seaweed whether growing or rooted on the seashore or deposited or washed up on the seashore by the action of tides, winds or waves, but does not include minerals;”, | ||
(b) in section 2 by substituting the following for subsection (7): | ||
“(7) Any State minerals within the meaning of section 2 of the Minerals Development Act 2017 in or on the foreshore are, pursuant to section 4 of that Act, vested in the Minister under that Act.”, | ||
(c) in section 3— | ||
(i) in subsection (1) by deleting the words “to get and take any minerals in such foreshore and not more than thirty feet below the surface thereof,”, and | ||
(ii) by substituting the following for subsection (8): | ||
“(8) No licence granted under this section shall extend to or authorise the removal of any minerals lying in or on the foreshore.”, | ||
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(d) by deleting section 24. |