Mining Act 1992

The objects of this Act are to encourage and facilitate the discovery and development of mineral resources in New South Wales, having regard to the need to encourage ecologically sustainable development, and in particular—

to recognise and foster the significant social and economic benefits to New South Wales that result from the efficient development of mineral resources, and

to provide an integrated framework for the effective regulation of authorisations for prospecting and mining operations, and

to provide a framework for compensation to landholders for loss or damage resulting from such operations, and

to ensure an appropriate return to the State from mineral resources, and

to require the payment of security to provide for the rehabilitation of mine sites, and

to ensure effective rehabilitation of disturbed land and water, and

to ensure mineral resources are identified and developed in ways that minimise impacts on the environment.