Application for approval to transfer
124ZZO Application for approval to transfer
(1) The proposed transferee must apply to the Minister to approve the transfer.
The application must:
be in the approved form; and
(b) be accompanied by any information required by the Minister to assess the application; and
be accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation.
In the application the transferee must:
(a) agree to comply with the conditions of the environmental (mining) licence; and
(b) agree to take responsibility for all existing environmental impacts associated with the mining site that are the responsibility of the mining operator, including responsibility for any remediation and rehabilitation activities relating to legacy mine features that are required to be undertaken by the mining operator; and
(c) agree to fulfil all remediation and rehabilitation obligations specified in the environmental (mining) licence and in any mining closure plan for the mining site; and
comply with any other obligations prescribed by regulation.
(4) An application cannot be made unless the mining operator and the title holder consent in writing to the transfer.
(5) The Minister may refuse to accept an application if it does not include the required information.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statementSecond reading speech
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