Mining Act 1978 (Western Australia)

This document is part of the source library for NRGI's 2017 Resource Governance Index, a comprehensive measure of the quality of natural resource governance in oil, gas and mineral-rich countries. To access the full dataset and all other index resources, visit https://resourcegovernanceindex.org.

Data and Resources

Mining Act 1978 (Western Australia)PDF
- Preview
- Download

Additional Info

Field	Value
Sector	Mining
Country	Australia
Year	2015
RGI Edition Year	2017
Topic	Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, Sovereign wealth funds, State-owned enterprises, Subnational governance, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type	Statute
RGI Sub-component	Licensing
RGI Questions	1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?, 1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?, 1.1b: Who is the licensing authority (i.e. who has the authority to grant exploration and extraction rights to companies)?, 1.1.3d: Is the licensing authority independent from the SOE?, 1.1c: What licensing process does the licensing authority follow?, 1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?, 1.1.4a: From 2015 onwards, did the licensing authority publicly disclose minimum pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in licensing processes?, 1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?, 1.1.4b: From 2015 onwards, and prior to each licensing process, did the licensing authority actually disclose a list of biddable or negotiable terms?, 1.1.3c: Prior to each license process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?, 1.1.4c: From 2015 onwards, and prior to each licensing process, did the licensing authority actually disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?, 1.1.10d: Is the legislature required to ratify licenses/contracts?, 1.2.5e: For countries using production sharing agreements, do rules specify the company and government production shares?, 1.2.6b: Is the national tax authority required to audit extractive companies?, 1.3.7a: Are there rules governing compensation to landowners or land users when project development interferes with their access to or use of land?, 1.3.5b: Are there rules governing rehabilitation and closure of extractive projects?, 1.4a: What proportion of equity shares does the government own in extractive companies?, 1.4c: What is the name of the largest company in which the government has a controlling share (i.e. an SOE)?, 2.2a: Does the central government transfer extractive resource revenues to subnational governments?, 2.2b: Are there specific rules governing the transfer of extractive resource revenues (i.e. are these rules distinct from those governing other types of transfers)?, 2.2c: Do rules specify that subnational governments of producing areas should receive a higher share of extractive resource revenues than those of non-producing areas?, 2.3a: Does the country have a natural resource fund which is funded by extractive resource revenues?, 2.3b: If there are multiple natural resource funds, which is the largest?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring?	Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice	Law and Practice (Both)
Publisher	Unknown
Author	Western Australia State Govt Western Australia State Govt
Source or API link	http://rgi.nrgi-assessment.org/api/public/documents/AUS-2016-MI
Maintainer	Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email	Natural Resource Governance Institute