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Crown Minerals Act 1991

Permits, access to land, and other matters - Permits, access to land, and title notations - Access to land

48: Cancellation of any Crown right of entry that is reserved by statute

You could also call this:

"Government no longer has the right to enter your land to look for minerals"

Illustration for Crown Minerals Act 1991

If you have land, the government normally has the right to enter it to look for minerals. This right is given to the government by laws. The government's right to enter your land for this purpose no longer applies.

You should know that this change affects any land where the government wanted to search for or mine minerals. The government's right to enter land is cancelled, even if a law said they could do so. This means the government can no longer enter your land to look for minerals, as they used to be allowed to do.

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Permits, access to land, and title notations: Access to land

48Cancellation of any Crown right of entry that is reserved by statute

  1. No right reserved to the Crown, by virtue of any enactment, to enter any land for any purpose in connection with prospecting or exploring for, or mining, any mineral, shall have any effect.