The Approvals and Related Reforms (No. 2)(Mining) Act 2010 and the supporting Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2011, which amends the Mining Act 1978 and Mining Regulations 1981 respectively, commenced as follows:

Approvals and Related Reforms (No. 2)(Mining) Act 2010:

• Part 3 (lodgement anywhere and electronic lodgement provisions) on 21 March 2011, and

Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2011:

• The rest of the regulations on 21 March 2011.

The proclamation for the Approvals and Related Reforms (No. 2)(Mining) Act 2010 together with the Mining Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2011 was published in the Government Gazette on Friday 18 March 2011.

eLodgement refers to the electronic lodgement of Mining Act forms based business processes and any associated documentation via the Mineral Titles Online system.

Customers of Mineral Titles Online (MTO) now have the ability to submit selected forms and any associated documentation online 24 hours a day 7 days a week (subject to system availability) and this alleviates the need for customers to attend the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety or any of its regional offices.

eLodgement processing uses a wizard style interface to streamline the online transaction process and upon completion submission notification is provided by email.

No, eLodgement is providing an alternate method of interaction, processing and lodgement for some form based processes.

You can access these online transactions by visiting http://www.dmirs.wa.gov.au and accessing Mineral Titles Online.

If you do not have access to the internet at home, access is available through your local library, Local Government Shire, Council or City Offices, TAFE or through public kiosks situated in shopping centres and internet cafes.

You can register for access by visiting www.dmirs.wa.gov.au where a single account for all online applications will be provided.

All forms submitted online will receive a transaction email detailing a summary of lodgement and will include a submission id. This number can then be used as a reference with the Mineral Titles Division.

If a transaction email is not received after submitting an online transaction please contact our IT Service Desk at the Department. The Service Desk is available Monday to Friday (excluding Public Service holidays) between the hours of 8:30am and 5:00pm (GMT+8).

For all forms that are submitted through the Mineral Titles Online system outside of normal business hours (0830 - 1630 WST), the formal receipt along with the completed documents will be forwarded via email at approximately 08:30 (WST) on the next business day.

Payment for those online transactions which incur a fee can be made online by credit card (Visa or Mastercard). An order confirmation which will include a payment receipt number and tax invoice will be forwarded via email for your records.

It is a finance directive that individual credit card transactions cannot exceed $99,999 at this time.

Payment for a Tenement Application must accompany the application as per the legislation/regulation. In the case where an application is made over the counter payment can be made by EFT, Credit Card, Cash or Cheque.

At this point in time only credit card payment is acceptable for online lodgement as payment accompanying the application can be verified as part of the application process.

You will be able to return to Mineral Titles Online and select your 'Incomplete Form' from the 'Online Transactions' page with all the previous details saved. You can then recommence through the online lodgement process at your convenience.

To improve the manageability of Online Transactions, all 'Incomplete Transactions' and any transactions within 'Your Cart' that are older than a month will be permanently removed. This clean-up of Incomplete Transactions occurs at the start of each month as part of an ongoing maintenance program.

Yes, you can attach multiple ancillary documents within the online transaction process as long as they are in PDF format and do not exceed a total of 80Mb in size.

Yes, additional form based business processes are progressively being developed for use within Mineral Titles Online.

You can contact Mineral Titles Online Enquiries either by email or telephone.