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MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1990 - SECT 84AZZB

Closure criteria for declared mine land met

    (1)     The Minister may, if a declared mine licensee has met the closure criteria for the declared mine land covered by the licensee's licence

        (a)     return the balance of the rehabilitation bond or any further rehabilitation bond entered into by the declared mine licensee; and

        (b)     consent to the surrender of the declared mine licence; and

        (c)     direct the Rehabilitation Authority to register in the declared mine land register

              (i)     the declared mine land; and

              (ii)     the post-closure plan for that declared mine land.

    (2)     The Minister must cause a copy of a registration direction to be published in the Government Gazette.

    (3)     A registration direction may require—

        (a)     the Rehabilitation Authority to register the post-closure plan and the declared mine land with any specified conditions and in accordance with the prescribed procedure (if any); and

        (b)     the declared mine licensee to give to the Rehabilitation Authority the prescribed records and information; and

        (c)     the declared mine licensee to pay the Minister the specified registration amount.

Note

See section 83A for payment of any rehabilitation bond in respect of declared mine land into the Declared Mine Fund on cancellation of the mining licence.

S. 84AZZC inserted by No. 32/2019 s. 44.



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