Mining Amendment Act 1975

Public Act		1975 No 91
Date of assent		9 October 1975

	Title
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Compensation
3	Metric conversions
	Schedule Metrication of Provisions of Mining Act 1971
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Mining Act 1971

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Mining Amendment Act 1975, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Mining Act 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

(2)

Section 3 of, and the Schedule to, this Act shall come into force on a date to be fixed by Order in Council.

2 Compensation

(1)

Section 39(3) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “section 222”, and substituting the words “section 216”.

(2)

Section 222(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “, or section 39,”.

3 Metric conversions

(1)

The principal Act is hereby amended in the manner indicated in the Schedule to this Act.

(2)

In respect of applications for mining privileges made before the commencement of this section, the principal Act shall have effect as if this section had not been enacted.

Schedule Metrication of Provisions of Mining Act 1971

Section 3

Section Amended	Amendment
Section 8(4)(b)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 8(4)(c)	By omitting the words “half an acre”, and substituting the words “2000 square metres”.
Section 8(4)(d)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 25(1)(b)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 25(1)(c)	By omitting the words “half an acre”, and substituting the words “2000 square metres”.
Section 25(1)(d)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 29(1)	By omitting the words “fifty feet”, and substituting the words “15 metres”.
Section 37(7)(b)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 37(7)(c)	By omitting the words “half an acre”, and substituting the words “2000 square metres”.
Section 37(7)(d)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 48(2)	By omitting the words “ten thousand acres”, and substituting the words “4000 hectares”.
Section 53(1)	By omitting the words “one hundred acres”, and substituting the words “40 hectares”.
Section 54(1)	By omitting the words “one hundred acres”, and substituting the words “40 hectares”.
Section 60(2)	By omitting the words “ten thousand acres” and “two hundred square miles”, and substituting respectively the words “4000 hectares” and “500 square kilometres”.
Section 66(2)(b)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 66(2)(c)	By omitting the words “half an acre”, and substituting the words “2000 square metres”.
Section 66(2)(d)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 69(3)	By omitting the words “one thousand acres”, and substituting the words “400 hectares”.
Section 88(3)	By omitting the words “five acres”, and substituting the words “2 hectares”.
Section 110(3)(b)	By omitting the words “one chain”, and substituting the words “20 metres”.
Section 111(2)(a)	By omitting the words “Five chains”, and substituting the words “One hundred metres”.
Section 111(2)(b)	By omitting the words “Three chains”, and substituting the words “Sixty metres”.
Section 111(2)(c)	By omitting the words “Five chains”, and substituting the words “One hundred metres”.
Section 111(2)(d)	By omitting the words “Three chains”, and substituting the words “Sixty metres”.
Section 112(7)(b)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 112(7)(c)	By omitting the words “half an acre”, and substituting the words “2000 square metres”.
Section 112(7)(d)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 153(1)	By omitting the words “fifteen feet” and “fifty feet”, and substituting respectively the words “5 metres” and “15 metres”.
Section 176(1)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 191(2)	By omitting the words “one hundred feet”, and substituting the words “30 metres”.
Section 194(1)	By omitting the words “one inch to two chains”, and substituting the words “1 to 1500”.
Section 195(1)	By omitting the words “one inch to two chains”, and substituting the words “1 to 1500”.

This Act is administered in the Mines Department.

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