In 2010 they included the words, " Mechanical Processing " in.
There was no consultation to any one.
That got screwed around to include water pumps.
High Banking was a " Grey " Area and we were working to
have pumps included to allow High Banking.
12 Months of work had gone into the Documents on our Web Site.
All was good. We were told that things were progressing.
The reference to 2016 is the latest updated review.
They did nothing then.
The only way we found out what they were up to was someone forwarded
the Planned Activities to us.
In reality, It has all been used against us.
We nor any one else were advised about this new
program to actually classify a Banker a Mechanical
piece of equipment because it has a water pump
" Attached " to it.
Then go out and suddenly start fining people.
A slap in the face as if to say.
I put those two post's up in such a way that no one would
miss them.
Stay tuned as we are working on this issue.
Doug
MikeB05 said:
It seems a couple of threads are happening on this subject .
In post 2 (above) Eric 2017 asked if this matter came out of the blue. Tathradj said 'yep'.
I totally disagree with government edict..... but did it really come out of the blue...the regulation quoted is Mining Regulation 2016.
Given it's August 2017, this regulation is at least 8 months old. Maybe the fact that the government want to enforce it and NAPFA know and are telling its members makes it a new issue. ( No we would not even entertain that line of thinking )
I hope NAPFA and all prospectors and fossickers in NSW can get this matter turned around. It's a stupid decision.
Governments in all states should be looking at ways to encourage prospecting related tourism....here in QLD (where banking using a pump is also illegal), an area like Clermont would lose a ton of economic activity if fossicking was to cease.
Good luck NSW :Y:
