In the extractive or quarry industry, a licence is known as a work authority. You need a work authority before starting works at a quarry.
This authority gives quarry operators the right to extract stone (e.g. sand, gravel and hard rock) from land with the landholders consent.
A work authority gives the holder the right to extract the following earth resources:
- sandstone, freestone or other building stone
- basalt, granite, limestone or rock of any kind ordinarily used for building, manufacturing, or construction purposes
- quartz (other than quartz crystals)
- slate or gravel
- clay (other than fine clay, bentonite or kaolin)
- peat
- sand, earth or soil
- other similar materials.
