South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (MINERAL RESOURCES) ACT 2019 (NO 29 OF 2019) - SECT 122

122—Amendment of section 91—Administrative penalties

        (1)         Section 91(2)—delete "mining tenement" and substitute:

mineral tenement

        (2)         Section 91(2)—delete "the Minister" and substitute:

the Director of Mines

        (3)         Section 91(2)—After "on the person" insert:

(and the Director may act under this subsection without prior consultation with the person and without the need to give a warning or any prior notice in relation to the matter)

        (4)         Section 91(3)—delete "$10 000) fixed" and substitute:

$15 000) prescribed

        (5)         Section 91—after subsection (4) insert:

        (4a)         An amount recovered as an administrative penalty under this section will be paid into the Mining Rehabilitation Fund.