Section 66Part 8 — Miscellaneous
Overlapping areas
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66. (1) Subject to subsection (2), in the event of any areas subject to licences or mining leases being found to overlap, the area overlapping shall be considered to be within the area of the licence or lease first granted and no compensation shall be payable in respect thereof to the holder of the licence or lease subsequently granted.
Subsection (1) shall not apply where the overlapping areas are subject to —
two or more licences;
two or more mining leases; or
one or more mining leases and one or more licences, if no two such licences or mining leases, or no such mining lease and licence are for the same mineral.