❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for State Development regarding a 1992 letter concerning Exploration Licence 27/85 at Kalpini and the refusal of tenement applications due to severance. The Minister confirms the department's stance on severance precedents but clarifies a word in the original letter.
AnsweredQoN 238Legislative Council
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I refer to a letter dated April 13 1992 from the Department of Mines Western Australia reference MF 6700/91 titled ‘Application for Exploration Licence 27/85 at Kalpini’ -
(1) Can the Minister give the tenement numbers and the amount of times that ‘severance of an application’ including Prospecting Licences, exploration Licences and Mining Leases had been ‘refused in the past’?
(2) If not, why not?
(3) Is it correct that the department stated in the letter ‘Regarding your client’s position for Exploration Licence 27/85, it is severed into two sections by an existing tenement which was granted prior to this application being lodged. As stated above, the Minister has previously refused applications in these circumstances, thereby establishing a precedent’?
(4) If not, can the Minister explain what was stated in the letter?
(1) Can the Minister give the tenement numbers and the amount of times that ‘severance of an application’ including Prospecting Licences, exploration Licences and Mining Leases had been ‘refused in the past’?
(2) If not, why not?
(3) Is it correct that the department stated in the letter ‘Regarding your client’s position for Exploration Licence 27/85, it is severed into two sections by an existing tenement which was granted prior to this application being lodged. As stated above, the Minister has previously refused applications in these circumstances, thereby establishing a precedent’?
(4) If not, can the Minister explain what was stated in the letter?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 February 2002
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for State Development
Response time
147 days
(1) No. (2) Records of applications for Mining Tenements refused as a result of severance are not maintained. (3) Apart from the word 'position' which should read 'application' the rest of the statement is correct. (4) Not applicable.
(2) Records of applications for Mining Tenements refused as a result of severance are not maintained. (3) Apart from the word 'position' which should read 'application' the rest of the statement is correct. (4) Not applicable.
(3) Apart from the word 'position' which should read 'application' the rest of the statement is correct. (4) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
(2) Records of applications for Mining Tenements refused as a result of severance are not maintained. (3) Apart from the word 'position' which should read 'application' the rest of the statement is correct. (4) Not applicable.
(3) Apart from the word 'position' which should read 'application' the rest of the statement is correct. (4) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
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