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MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1990 - SECT 81

Rehabilitation



S. 81(1) amended by No. 6/2009 s. 25(1)(a).

    (1)     The authority holder must rehabilitate land in the course of doing work under the authority and must, as far as practicable, complete the rehabilitation of the land before the authority or any renewed authority ceases to apply to that land.

S. 81(2) inserted by No. 63/2006 s. 43, amended by No. 6/2009 s. 25(1)(b).

    (2)     If the rehabilitation has not been completed before the authority or renewed authority ceases to apply to the land the former authority holder must complete it as expeditiously as possible.

S. 81(3) inserted by No. 63/2006 s. 43, substituted by No. 6/2009 s. 25(2).

    (3)     While the rehabilitation is being completed, a former authority holder must continue the appointment of—

        (a)     in the case of a former licensee, a manager to control and manage the former licence worksite; and

        (b)     in the case of a former extractive industry work authority holder, a quarry manager or person to manage the site where the extractive industry operation was carried out.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

S. 81A inserted by No. 63/2006 s. 44.



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