NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 40A

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 40A

40A—Agreement as to conditions

        (1)         The Minister administering this Act and the relevant mining Minister may enter into an agreement with the holder of a mining tenement granted in relation to land that is, or has become, a regional reserve imposing conditions limiting or restricting the exercise of rights under the tenement by the holder of the tenement and by his or her successors in title.

        (2)         If a person contravenes, or fails to comply with, a condition imposed by agreement under subsection (1) in relation to a mining tenement, the relevant mining Minister must, at the request of the Minister administering this Act, serve notice on the holder of the tenement requiring the holder to rectify the contravention or failure in the manner and within the period (which must not exceed three months) set out in the notice.

        (3)         If the holder of a tenement on whom a notice has been served under subsection (2) fails to comply with the notice, the relevant mining Minister may cancel the tenement.