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Section 24.
Section 26.
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Section 28.
Section 30.
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Section 36.
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Section 39.
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Sections 75 to 77.
Section 83.
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Section 90(1) to (5).
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Section 93.
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Section 95.
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Section 117.
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Sections 160 to 162.
Sections 164 and 165.
Section 169(10).
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Section 172(4).
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Section 188.
Section 189(1) to (7).
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Sections 196 to 206.
Section 208.
Sections 211 and 212.
Section 215(1) and (2).
Section 216(1) to (6).
Section 217(1) and (3).
Section 218(1) to (3).
Sections 219 to 236.
Section 237(1) except paragraphs (e) and (f).
Section 238.
Section 241, with the omission in subsection (2) of the references to section 239.
Section 242(1), with the omission of the definition of “private interest”, (2) and (3).
Section 243(1).
Section 245(1) to (4) (the reference, in subsection (1)(c), to Part III being construed as not referring to sections 34 and 35).
Section 246.
Sections 253 to 256.
Sections 261 and 262.
Section 263(1) to (4).
Section 269 except subsection (3).
Section 270.
Sections 272 and 273.
In section 275, subsections (4) and (5) so far as relating to section 5, and subsection (7).
In section 277(1), the definition of “mineral working deposit”.
Schedule 1.
Schedule 2 paragraphs 1 to 3.
Schedule 3 paragraphs 7 and 8.
Schedule 4.
Schedule 5 paragraph 7(5).
Schedules 6 and 7.
Schedule 8 paragraphs 1 to 12.
Schedule 11.
Schedule 13 paragraph 2.
Schedule 16 paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 to 11.
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