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MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1990 - SECT 77J

Conditions of extractive industry work authorities

    (1)     The Minister may impose conditions to which an extractive industry work authority is to be subject, including but not limited to conditions about—

        (a)     the rehabilitation of the land to a safe, stable and visually acceptable condition;

        (b)     the time when rehabilitation work must be commenced or completed;

S. 77J(1)(c) substituted by No. 47/2015 s. 13(1).

        (c)     elimination and minimisation of the risks that the work may pose to the environment, to any member of the public, or to land, property or infrastructure in the vicinity of the work;

S. 77J(1)(d) repealed by No. 47/2015 s. 13(2).

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        (e)     the protection of groundwater;

S. 77J(1)(f) amended by No. 55/2010 s. 51, repealed by No. 47/2015 s. 13(2).

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        (g)     the payment of royalties;

        (h)     the payment of fees (if any) prescribed in the regulations.

    (2)     If, by the operation of section 77G(2), a person carrying out an extractive industry is not required to have a work plan, the Minister may impose a condition requiring compliance with a Code of Practice on the extractive industry work authority for that extractive industry operation.

S. 77J(3) inserted by No. 47/2015 s. 13(3).

    (3)     Following consultation with the holder of the extractive industry work authority, the Minister may by notice in writing require, as a condition to which an extractive industry work authority is subject, that the holder—

        (a)     submit to the Minister a report on work undertaken under the extractive industry work authority; and

        (b)     publish that report.

S. 77J(4) inserted by No. 47/2015 s. 13(3).

    (4)     A notice under subsection (3) must specify—

        (a)     the work undertaken under the extractive industry work authority on which the holder must report; and

        (b)     the manner in which the holder must submit the report to the Minister; and

        (c)     the manner in which the holder must publish the report; and

        (d)     the dates by which the report must be submitted and published.

S. 77K inserted by No. 6/2009 s. 20.



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