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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 other than for minimum impact activity

61C: Public notification of certain access arrangements

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"Telling the public about plans to mine on Crown land"

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If you want to do mining activities on Crown land, you need to apply under section 61. The Minister of Conservation will decide if the activities are significant. They will think about how the activities will affect the land and the animals that live there. They will also think about how the activities will affect other things that happen on the land. The Minister will consider the good and bad effects the activities will have on the land. They will also think about other important things. If the Minister decides the activities are significant, they will make sure people know about the application. This is done in accordance with section 49 of the Conservation Act 1987. The Director-General of Conservation will send a report to the Minister. You can find out about the application at the same time as you find out about other related applications under the Conservation Act 1987.

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Part 1BPermits, access to land, and other matters
Permits, access to land, and title notations: Access to land other than for minimum impact activity

61CPublic notification of certain access arrangements

  1. This section applies if an application under section 61 is made for an access arrangement in respect of Crown land for which the Minister of Conservation is the appropriate Minister and the purpose of access is to allow mining activities.

  2. The Minister of Conservation must determine whether or not the proposed activities are significant mining activities and, in doing so, must have regard to—

  3. the effects the activities are likely to have on conservation values for the land concerned; and
    1. the effects the activities are likely to have on other activities on the land; and
      1. the activities' net impact on the land, either while the activities are taking place or after their completion; and
        1. any other matters that the Minister considers relevant to achieving the purpose of this Act.

          1. If the Minister of Conservation determines the proposed mining activities to be significant mining activities,—

          2. he or she must ensure that the application is publicly notified in accordance with section 49 of the Conservation Act 1987 as if the application were an application for a concession that is required to be publicly notified under that Act; and
            1. section 49 of that Act applies with the necessary modifications; and
              1. the Director-General of Conservation must perform the duties required by that section as if the application were a proposal, including sending a recommendation and summary of objections and comments received to the Minister of Conservation and, if the application relates to a matter to which section 61(1AA) applies, to the Minister.

                1. The public notification of an application in accordance with subsection (3) may (without limitation) be conducted in conjunction with the public notification of any related concession application under the Conservation Act 1987.

                Notes
                • Section 61C: inserted, on , by section 42 of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 14).
                • Section 61C(3)(a): amended, on , by section 206(2) of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).