❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses expenditure conditions on mining tenements, specifically retention licences and mining leases. The Minister clarifies regulations, reassessment processes, individual tenement application, and confirms no recent policy changes.
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MINING TENEMENTS — EXPENDITURE CONDITIONS
I refer to expenditure conditions applicable to mining tenements on retention licences and mining leases. (1) How are these conditions calculated and applied? (2) How and how often are these conditions reassessed? (3) When a miner or company has multiple tenements or retention licences, are these conditions applied to individual tenements or are they combined for assessment? (4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE
I refer to expenditure conditions applicable to mining tenements on retention licences and mining leases. (1) How are these conditions calculated and applied? (2) How and how often are these conditions reassessed? (3) When a miner or company has multiple tenements or retention licences, are these conditions applied to individual tenements or are they combined for assessment? (4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(1) How are these conditions calculated and applied? (2) How and how often are these conditions reassessed? (3) When a miner or company has multiple tenements or retention licences, are these conditions applied to individual tenements or are they combined for assessment? (4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(2) How and how often are these conditions reassessed? (3) When a miner or company has multiple tenements or retention licences, are these conditions applied to individual tenements or are they combined for assessment? (4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(3) When a miner or company has multiple tenements or retention licences, are these conditions applied to individual tenements or are they combined for assessment? (4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(4) No.
(1) How are these conditions calculated and applied? (2) How and how often are these conditions reassessed? (3) When a miner or company has multiple tenements or retention licences, are these conditions applied to individual tenements or are they combined for assessment? (4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(2) How and how often are these conditions reassessed? (3) When a miner or company has multiple tenements or retention licences, are these conditions applied to individual tenements or are they combined for assessment? (4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(3) When a miner or company has multiple tenements or retention licences, are these conditions applied to individual tenements or are they combined for assessment? (4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(4) Has any government policy on how these conditions are assessed been changed recently; and, if so, how has the policy been changed? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(1) There is no expenditure condition legislated for in respect of retention licences. The expenditure conditions are as prescribed under regulation 31 of the Mining Regulations 1981 and are applicable to a mining lease during each year of its term. (2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(2) Expenditure conditions for mining tenements can be reviewed by DMP in consultation with stakeholders whenever a reassessment is considered appropriate. (3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(3) The annual expenditure requirement is applicable to each individual mining lease. (4) No.
(4) No.
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