Miscellaneous Licence (WA)

• There is no maximum area for a miscellaneous licence ('L') .
• Within 35 days of the date of application for a miscellaneous licence, the applicant shall lodge written details of — (a) any works to be constructed in connection with the licence; and (b) the proposed manner of construction of such works; and (c) any operations to be carried out on the land the subject of the application.
• An application fee and first yearsyear's rent is payable on application.
• There is no limit to the number of LsL's a person or company may hold.
• The term of a L is 21 years and may be renewed for further terms.
• AAn L can be applied for over (and co-exist with) other mining tenements.
• AAn L is for purposes as listed under s42B of the regs as follows
  (a) a road;
  (b) a tramway;
  (c) an aerial rope way;
  (d) a pipeline;
  (e) a power line;
  (f) a conveyor system;
  (g) a tunnel;
  (h) a bridge;
  (i) taking water;
  (ia) a search for groundwater;
  (j) hydraulic reclamation and transport of tailings;
  (k) an aerodrome;
  (l) a meteorological station;
  (m) a sulphur dioxide monitoring station;
  (n) a communications facility;
  (o) a drainage channel;
  (p) a pump station;
  (q) a minesite accommodation facility;
  (r) a bore;
  (s) a bore field;
  (t) a water management facility;
  (u) a power generation and transmission facility;
  (v) a storage or transportation facility for minerals or mineral concentrate;
  (w) a minesite administration facility;
  (x) a workshop and storage facility;
  (y) a jetty.
  

With the Mining Amendment Act 2/2/2013 there is no need to mark out a miscellaneous licence.

Section 91 to 94B of the Mining Act 1978 and regulation 37 to 42B of the Mining Regulations 1981 apply to apply to miscellaneous licences.