VPRS 10805 Extractive Industry Lease Files

The series comprises files relating to the issue and currency of extractive industry leases. These files were maintained by the central office of the Mines Department (VA 612) and subsequent departments. A lease allows any person to carry out extractive industry on for a term of not exceeding 15 years of any Crown land not exceeding a specified area. The term Extractive Industry refers to the extraction of stone from land for commercial or construction purposes. This includes building, road and manufacturing works, and the manufacturing of materials such as pottery, bricks, tiles and cement products. Stone extracted may include sand, earth or soil, clay, peat, quartz, gravel or slate, or building stone such as sandstone or freestone, basalt, granite, limestone or rock, or other minerals. Records may include: original application, locality plan, map search sheet, permit form, comments and conditions maintained by other government authorities affecting the issue and/or currency of the application/permit, copy of permit, fees, and letters of advice and request. Files may also include reports from applicant and/or applicant's technical adviser(s) detailing: the aims of the application, exploration program, results of search operations; land ownership issues and permittees observance to departmental instructions regarding agreements made to conditions of legislation; notice of cancellation or abandonment; and clerical action sheets. The final status of the application/permit is recorded on the file cover, e.g. rejected, expired, cancelled or abandoned. Extractive Industries were conducted under the Mines Act 1928 and subsequent Acts prior to the creation of the Extractive Industries Act 1966. This Act was amended in 1986, and then repealed by the Extractive Industries Development Act 1995. The equivalent central files for Extractive Industry Search Permits and Licences can be found in VPRS 10803 and VPRS 10804 respectively. Corresponding working plans and proposals for some of the permits, believed to be maintained by the regional offices of the Department, can be located in VPRS 19144 Extractive Industry Working Plans and Proposals.本档案系列涵盖与采掘业租赁（extractive industry leases）的核发及存续相关的各类文件。此类档案由矿产部（Mines Department）中央办公室（档案编号VA 612）及其后的相关部门保管。租赁许可允许任何人士在不超过指定面积的王室土地（Crown land）上开展采掘业作业，租赁期限不超过15年。采掘业（Extractive Industry）一词指为商业或建筑用途的土地石料开采活动，涵盖建筑、道路及制造工程，以及陶瓷、砖块、瓦材、水泥制品等材料的生产。可开采的石料包括砂、泥土、黏土、泥炭、石英、砾石、板岩，或砂岩、天然石、玄武岩、花岗岩、石灰岩、岩石等建筑用石料，以及其他矿物。相关档案可包含：原始申请、区位图、地图检索表、许可申请表、其他政府部门留存的、影响申请/许可核发及/或存续的意见与条款、许可副本、缴费凭证，以及咨询函与申请函。档案还可包含申请人或其技术顾问出具的报告，内容涵盖：申请目的、勘探方案、检索作业成果；土地权属问题、被许可人遵守部门针对符合立法条款的协议的相关指示；撤销或放弃通知书；以及文书处理单。申请/许可的最终状态会记录在档案封面上，例如已驳回、已过期、已撤销或已放弃。在1966年《采掘业法案（Extractive Industries Act 1966）》出台前，采掘业相关活动均依据1928年《矿产法案（Mines Act 1928）及其后颁布的相关法案开展。该法案于1986年进行修订，后于1995年被《采掘业发展法案（Extractive Industries Development Act 1995）》废止。对应采掘业检索许可与执照的中央档案分别存档于VPRS 10803与VPRS 10804。部分许可对应的作业计划与提案，据信由该部门区域办公室保管，可于VPRS 19144《采掘业作业计划与提案》中查阅。