(1) This Division
applies if both subsections (2) and (3) apply (subject to the operation of
subsection (4)).
(2) This Division
applies in relation to—
(a) a
mining lease; and
(b) a
retention lease; and
(c) a
miscellaneous purposes licence.
(3) This Division
applies in relation to a proposal by the tenement holder—
(a) to
make a change to the authorised operations to be carried out under the
tenement; or
(b)
without limiting paragraph (a)—to make a change—
(i)
in the mineral that is intended to be recovered; or
(ii)
that may reduce the ability of the tenement holder to
achieve a particular outcome, including an environmental outcome, or that is a
change to the criteria to be adopted to measure a particular outcome; or
(iii)
to the terms or conditions of the tenement; or
(c) to
make a change of any prescribed kind.
(4) This Division does
not apply in any circumstances prescribed by the regulations.
(5) A change to which
this Division applies must not be made without the approval of the Minister.
Maximum penalty: $250 000.