(1) A decision-maker may impose a condition on an authorisation that requires
the holder of the authorisation to provide and maintain a security deposit to
secure funding for the fulfilment of obligations under the authorisation,
including obligations under the authorisation that may arise in the future.
(2) A condition may be imposed under this section--
(a) whether or not the
land that is or may be affected by the activities the subject of the
obligations or direction is or has at any time been an authorisation area, and
(b) whether or not the obligations relate to activities that were carried out
by the current holder of the authorisation, and
(c) whether or not the
obligations relate to activities that were authorised by the authorisation,
and
(d) if the authorisation has been previously wholly or partly
transferred, whether or not the obligations relate to activities carried out
under the transferred authority.
(3) A security deposit condition may be
varied to change the required amount of the deposit (whether the deposit was
provided by the holder of the authorisation or by another person) or any other
requirement of the condition.
(c) in the case of a
security deposit condition imposed or varied when a full or partial transfer
of an authority is approved under this Act--when the transfer is registered
under this Act,
(d) in the case of a security deposit condition imposed or
varied when a mineral claim is transferred under this Act--when the mineral
claim is transferred,
(e) in any other case--when written notice of the
imposition or variation of the condition is served on the holder of the
authorisation or on any later date specified in the notice.