s. 8AA (a) the person does so in accordance with a S. 8(1)(a) licence, a miner's right or tourist fossicking amended by No. 59/2010 authority; or s. 42(2). (b) the person benefits from a relevant minerals exemption. In the case of a corporation, 1000 penalty units. In any other case, 200 penalty units. Default penalty: In the case of a corporation, 20 penalty units. In any other case, 10 penalty units. (2) The owner of minerals that are taken from land in contravention of subsection (1) may recover from the person taking them, as a debt due to the owner of the minerals and recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction, the value of the minerals taken. S. 8(3) (3) Subsection (1) applies to the extraction or removal inserted by of stone under a work authority relating to an No. 67/1995 extractive industry which would necessarily s. 60(2), substituted by involve the mining of a mineral. No. 67/1995 s. 60(3), amended by No. 6/2009 s. 10. S. 8AA 8AA Offence to search for stone without owner's consent inserted by No. 6/2009 A person must not search for stone or carry out s. 11. any survey or other operation for the purpose of searching for stone—
S. 8(1)(a) amended by No. 59/2010 s. 42(2). (a) the person does so in accordance with a licence, a miner's right or tourist fossicking authority; or (b) the person benefits from a relevant minerals exemption. In the case of a corporation, 1000 penalty units. In any other case, 200 penalty units. Default penalty: In the case of a corporation, 20 penalty units. In any other case, 10 penalty units. (2) The owner of minerals that are taken from land in contravention of subsection (1) may recover from the person taking them, as a debt due to the owner of the minerals and recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction, the value of the minerals taken. S. 8(3) inserted by No. 67/1995 s. 60(2), substituted by No. 67/1995 s. 60(3), amended by No. 6/2009 s. 10. (3) Subsection (1) applies to the extraction or removal of stone under a work authority relating to an extractive industry which would necessarily involve the mining of a mineral. S. 8AA inserted by No. 6/2009 s. 11. 8AA Offence to search for stone without owner's consent s. 8AA A person must not search for stone or carry out any survey or other operation for the purpose of searching for stone—