Subjects 2009
Mineral Law 730649
- Credited Courses: Graduate Diploma in Environment, Energy and Resources Law L07; Graduate Diploma in Transnational Law 333; Master of Commercial Law 504; Master of Laws (LLM) 502
Objectives
A student who has successfully completed this subject should:
- Understand the law relating to mineral exploration and production in Australia
- Be familiar with the statutory regimes governing mineral exploration and production in selected Australian jurisdictions
- Be able to apply the relevant law to problems arising in relation to mineral exploration and production in Australia
- Understand the law relating to mineral exploration and production in selected foreign jurisdictions.
Syllabus
Principal topics will include:
- Australian mineral legislation
- Meaning of ‘mineral’
- Common law of minerals
- Mineral exploration and production titles
- Security of title
- Trespass and disclosure
- Dealings and registration
- Access to land: Private land, Aboriginal land, environmental controls
- State agreements
- Mineral royalties
- Introduction to foreign regimes
- Case Study 1: Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (Vic)
- Case Study 2: Mining Act 1978 (WA)
- Case Study 3: Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld).
