The Regalia System In Australia

Firstly, a system known as “Regalia”, which historically meant rights belonging to the monarch, or today: the state. In this legal system, all minerals below the surface of the earth are owned by the state. In some countries, the state may, and does, give to private parties the right to explore and exploit such minerals. Such a system is applied in Australia, among other countries. With a few minor exceptions, in general Australia recognises the separation of the rights over the land from rights in the minerals below the surface.
Secondly, a system in which the ownership of the minerals below the surface is an integral part the ownership of the land above it. In such case, the owner of land also possesses the full right of ownership of the