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URANIUM MINING (IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS) BILL 2007

                     Western Australia


     Uranium Mining (Implementation of
     Government Commitments) Bill 2007

                        CONTENTS


1.      Short title                           2
2.      Commencement                          2
3.      The Act amended                       2
4.      Section 154A inserted                 2
        154A     Penalties               2




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                      LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

                (Introduced by Hon. Giz Watson, MLC)



        Uranium Mining (Implementation of
        Government Commitments) Bill 2007


                               A Bill for


An Act to prohibit the mining of uranium in Western Australia.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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     Uranium Mining (Implementation of Government Commitments) Bill 2007



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     1.         Short title
                This is the Uranium Mining (Implementation of Government
                Commitments) Bill 2007.

     2.         Commencement
 5              This Act comes into operation on Royal Assent.

     3.         The Act amended
                The amendments in this Act are to the Mining Act 1978.

     4.         Section 154A inserted
                After section 154 the following section is inserted --
10          "

            154A      Penalties
                (1)   A person who mines uranium commits an offence.
                      Penalty: $500,000 and if the offence is a continuing
                      one, to a further fine of $50,000 for every day or part
15                    of a day during which the offence has continued.
                (2)   It is a defence to a charge under this section to show
                      that the accused person --
                         (a) Mined the uranium under the authority of a
                               mining lease granted on or before
20                             22 June 2002; or
                        (b) Mined the uranium incidentally to the mining
                               of other minerals and not for the purpose of
                               sale.
                                                                                ".

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