Section 10

If at any time the State Authority has reason to believe that in a particular portion of a National Park a mineral deposit exists of such richness that it would be contrary to the interests of the State that it should not be mined, the State Authority may after consultation with the Minister issue, under the law relating to mining, licences to prospect that portion of the National Park and if necessary issue thereafter mining certificates or mining leases in respect of that portion of the

National Park or of any part of that portion.

Where any mining certificate or mining lease is issued in respect of any land within a National Park, the holder of the certificate or the lease shall have such rights of passage, licences or other facilities as may be necessary for the practical exercise of the rights granted by such certificate or lease.

Notwithstanding anything in the law relating to mining, there shall be an implied condition in a mining certificate or mining lease issued pursuant to this section that any officer shall have such rights of entry into the land in respect of which a licence to prospect, a mining certificate or a mining lease has been issued as may be necessary in order that he may carry out the object of this Act in respect of such land and of the National Park generally.

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