❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on Western Mining Corporation's pastoral lease holdings and the limitations on acreage under WA law. The answer is incomplete, failing to list the properties but confirming acreage limitations exist.
AnsweredQoN 2077Legislative Council
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With regard to holdings of Western Australian pastoral leases by Western Mining Corporation, I ask -
(1) Can the Minister list the pastoral properties currently held by -
(a) Western Mining Innovations;
(b) Western Mining Securities; and
(c) Western Mining Resources?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) What is the total area of these properties?
(4) Are there limitations imposed on the total acreage of pastoral properties able to be held by a single entity under any Western Australian statute?
(1) Can the Minister list the pastoral properties currently held by -
(a) Western Mining Innovations;
(b) Western Mining Securities; and
(c) Western Mining Resources?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) What is the total area of these properties?
(4) Are there limitations imposed on the total acreage of pastoral properties able to be held by a single entity under any Western Australian statute?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
19 August 2004
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
58 days
(b) Western Mining Securities; and (c) Western Mining Resources?
(c) Western Mining Resources?
(3) Not Applicable. (4) Yes. Under section 136 of the Land Administration Act 1997, the Minister must not ? (a) approve the grant of a pastoral lease to a person: or (b) approve the transfer to the person of any interest in a pastoral lease, if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
(4) Yes. Under section 136 of the Land Administration Act 1997, the Minister must not ? (a) approve the grant of a pastoral lease to a person: or (b) approve the transfer to the person of any interest in a pastoral lease, if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
(a) approve the grant of a pastoral lease to a person: or (b) approve the transfer to the person of any interest in a pastoral lease, if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
(b) approve the transfer to the person of any interest in a pastoral lease, if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
(c) Western Mining Resources?
(3) Not Applicable. (4) Yes. Under section 136 of the Land Administration Act 1997, the Minister must not ? (a) approve the grant of a pastoral lease to a person: or (b) approve the transfer to the person of any interest in a pastoral lease, if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
(4) Yes. Under section 136 of the Land Administration Act 1997, the Minister must not ? (a) approve the grant of a pastoral lease to a person: or (b) approve the transfer to the person of any interest in a pastoral lease, if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
(a) approve the grant of a pastoral lease to a person: or (b) approve the transfer to the person of any interest in a pastoral lease, if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
(b) approve the transfer to the person of any interest in a pastoral lease, if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
if the result of the grant or transfer would be that the pastoral land imputed to the person under this section would exceed 500,000 hectares, unless the Minister is satisfied that the transfer would not result in so great a concentration of control of pastoral land as to be against the public interest.
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