Statutes – Construction – Whether Mining Act 1978 (WA) applies to land owned or leased by the Commonwealth.
Real property – Grants – Freehold grant – Crown lease – Reservations for mining and minerals – Construction of reservations.
Constitutional law – Effect of s 64 of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – Application of Mining Act 1978 (WA) to land owned or leased by the Commonwealth.
Constitutional law – Inconsistency of laws – Whether Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (Cth) inconsistent with Mining Act 1978 (WA).
Constitutional law – Inconsistency of laws – Whether Defence Force Regulations (Cth) inconsistent with Mining Act 1978 (WA).
Constitutional law – Acquisition of property – Whether Defence Force Regulations (Cth) effect an "acquisition of property" under s 51 (xxxi) of the Constitution.
Words and phrases – "Crown land" – "operational inconsistency" – "private land".
The Constitution, ss 51(xxxi), 109.
Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 (Cth), s 4(1).
Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 64.
Lands Acquisition Act 1955 (Cth), ss 8, 51 & 53(2).
Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (Cth), Pt X.
Defence Force Regulations (Cth), Pt XI.
Mining Act 1978 (WA).