What the official record says
This Act is the Crown Minerals (Prohibition of Mining) Amendment Act . Section 5(2) and section 6(2) come into force on 1 January 2025. This rest of this Act commences on the day after the date which it receives the Royal assent. This Act amends the Crown Minerals Act 1991. In section 1A(1), replace “promote” with “regulate”. After section 23A(2)(a), insert: a person must not apply for a prospecting permit, an exploration permit, or a mining permit under this Act in respect of any land described in Schedule 4: the chief executive must not accept an application of the kind described in : After section 23A(2), insert: However, despite anything to the contrary in this Act, a person must not apply for a prospecting permit for coal, an exploration permit for coal, or a mining permit for coal u