(4) The person who benefits from a minerals exemption may apply to the Minister for a transfer, variation or revocation of the exemption, and the Minister may grant or refuse the application. (5) Ownership of the minerals in respect of which a minerals exemption was granted reverts to the Crown when the exemption expires or is revoked. 10 Tailings Tailings are to be treated as part of the land on which they are situated, and minerals in them are owned by the Crown unless the property in them passes under section 11, or unless a minerals exemption is current in respect of them. 11 Transfer of property in minerals (1) The property in minerals passes from the Crown to the holder of a licence or a person searching under a miner's right or tourist fossicking authority when the minerals are separated from the land in accordance with the licence, miner's right or tourist fossicking authority. (2) The property in minerals which are separated from the land otherwise than in accordance with a licence, miner's right or tourist fossicking authority remains in the Crown. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to minerals in respect of which a minerals exemption is current. 11A Ownership of stone S. 11A inserted by No. 6/2009 (1) All stone which is on or below the surface of any s. 12. private land, despite any reservation in the Crown grant or in any Crown lease of the land, is not the property of the Crown but is the property of the owner of the land.
(4) The person who benefits from a minerals exemption may apply to the Minister for a transfer, variation or revocation of the exemption, and the Minister may grant or refuse the application. (5) Ownership of the minerals in respect of which a minerals exemption was granted reverts to the Crown when the exemption expires or is revoked. 10 Tailings Tailings are to be treated as part of the land on which they are situated, and minerals in them are owned by the Crown unless the property in them passes under section 11, or unless a minerals exemption is current in respect of them. 11 Transfer of property in minerals (1) The property in minerals passes from the Crown to the holder of a licence or a person searching under a miner's right or tourist fossicking authority when the minerals are separated from the land in accordance with the licence, miner's right or tourist fossicking authority. (2) The property in minerals which are separated from the land otherwise than in accordance with a licence, miner's right or tourist fossicking authority remains in the Crown. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to minerals in respect of which a minerals exemption is current. S. 11A inserted by No. 6/2009 s. 12. 11A Ownership of stone (1) All stone which is on or below the surface of any private land, despite any reservation in the Crown grant or in any Crown lease of the land, is not the property of the Crown but is the property of the owner of the land.
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