The Short Title of this Act is “The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1906”; and it shall form part of and be read together with “The Mining Act, 1905” (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”).

Paragraph (45) of section two hundred and fifty-five is hereby amended by inserting after the word “Act” the words “and of every amendment thereof.”

Nothing in section one hundred and twenty-two of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” shall authorise the removal of any metal or mineral under any land mentioned in that section except under the authority of a mining privilege.

Subsection two of section one hundred and four of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following words: “Provided that in the case of the lease already granted under this section to the Public Trustee, as and being the executor and trustee of the will of the late Sir Alfred Jerome Cadman, bearing date the fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and five, the power of purchase shall not be exercised until after the expiration of twenty-eight years from the commencement of the term of the lease, and the lease shall be construed accordingly.”

Paragraph (40) of section three hundred and fifty-eight of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting after the word “claimholder” the words “and every person carrying on mining operations otherwise than under this Act,”

In any case where workmen are employed on Sundays or holidays in or about any mine or battery such workmen shall be paid by the person or company employing them, during the time they are so employed, wages at the rate of one and a half times the ordinary wages paid to such workmen.