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 year's rent is payable on application.
- There is no limit to the number of L's a person or company may hold.
- Ls applied for before 6 July 1998 have a term of 5 years and can be renewed for periods of 5 years. Ls applied on or after 6 July 1998 have a term of a L is 21 years and may be renewed for further terms of 21 years.
- An L can be applied for over (and co-exist with) other mining tenements.
- An 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.