New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 270

270 Compensation arising under environmental assessment permit

(1) If the holder of an environmental assessment permit enters any land under the authority of the permit, landholders become entitled to compensation from the holder of the permit for any compensable loss they suffer as a result of the exercise of the rights conferred by the permit.

(2) The amount of compensation payable under this section is such amount as may be assessed by the Land and Environment Court on the application of the holder of the environmental assessment permit, the Crown or the landholder concerned.

(3) Nothing in this section affects any remedy available to any person whose lands are entered pursuant to a power conferred by or under Part 12.