MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1990 - SECT 84AZU Declared mine licensee to prepare plan for rehabilitation of land

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

    (1)     A declared mine licensee must prepare for the approval by the Department Head, a plan for the rehabilitation of the declared mine land covered by the licensee's licence.

    (2)     The plan must be prepared within the prescribed period.

    (3)     The plan must include—

        (a)     any rehabilitation plan or requirement under section 82(3) that the declared mine licensee enter into a further rehabilitation bond; and

        (b)     the prescribed criteria ( closure criteria ) to be met by the declared mine licensee for the closure of the mine on the declared mine land; and

        (c)     a document ( post-closure plan ) that sets out the monitoring and maintenance to be carried out on the closure of the mine on the declared mine land by (as the case requires)—

              (i)     the declared mine licensee; or

              (ii)     the Rehabilitation Authority; or

              (iii)     the owner of the land; and

        (d)     an undertaking by the declared mine licensee to pay the registration amount to the Minister on a registration direction being given for the declared mine land; and

        (e)     an assessment of the risks posed by the geotechnical, hydrogeological, water quality or hydrological factors within the declared mine land; and

        (f)     any other prescribed matter.

    (4)     The declared mine licensee must consult with a prescribed person or a prescribed class of persons in relation to the plan.

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