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Crown Minerals Act 1991

Preliminary provisions - Functions, powers, and duties of Minister and chief executive

5: Functions of Minister

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"The Minister's jobs under the Crown Minerals Act"

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The Minister has some important jobs under this Act. You need to know what the Minister does. The Minister's jobs include attracting people to apply for permits, granting permits, and taking them away. The Minister also prepares policy statements and minerals programmes. They make decisions about guarantees and decommissioning petroleum infrastructure and wells, and they work with other agencies that regulate Crown-owned minerals, as seen in section 90E. The Minister collects and shares information about mineral resources to help people make good investment decisions and to improve how related markets work, and they follow the rules outlined in subpart 2 of Part 1B. The Minister does other jobs given to them by this Act.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Functions, powers, and duties of Minister and chief executive

5Functions of Minister

  1. The Minister has the following functions under this Act:

  2. to attract permit applications, including by way of public tender:
    1. to grant permits, grant changes to permits, and revoke permits:
      1. to prepare Government policy statements:
        1. to prepare minerals programmes:
          1. to make decisions (with others) on whether to require outgoing guarantees and, if so, to determine what outgoing guarantees are appropriate:
            1. to make decisions on decommissioning petroleum infrastructure and wells and impose requirements for acceptable financial security arrangements to secure the performance of decommissioning obligations under subpart 2 of Part 1B and related matters:
              1. to co-operate with regulatory agencies that perform functions in relation to Crown owned minerals (including under section 90E):
                1. to collect and disclose information in connection with mineral resources and mineral production in order to—
                  1. promote informed investment decisions about mineral exploration and production; and
                    1. improve the working of related markets:
                    2. any other functions conferred on him or her by or under this Act.

                      Notes
                      • Section 5: replaced, on , by section 12 of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 14).
                      • Section 5(a): amended, on , by section 10(1) of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 40).
                      • Section 5(ba): inserted, on , by section 10(2) of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 40).
                      • Section 5(caa): inserted, on , by section 10(3) of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 40).
                      • Section 5(ca): replaced, on , by section 10(4) of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 40).