Provision about cancellation of environmental authority
711 Provision about cancellation of environmental authority
This section applies if, on the cancellation of an environmental authority under section 277A, there is no prescribed condition requiring the holder of the mining tenure for carrying out the small scale activity to which the authority relates—
to give the administering authority financial assurance; or
to rehabilitate land.
On the cancellation of the environmental authority, a current condition of the authority is taken to be a prescribed condition for carrying out the small scale mining activity.
Subsection (2) applies in relation to the carrying out of the small scale mining activity until a regulation under section 21A prescribes a condition requiring the holder of the mining tenure for carrying out the small scale mining activity—
to give the administering authority financial assurance; or
to rehabilitate land.
In this section—current condition, of an environmental authority, means a condition of the authority requiring the holder of the authority—
to give the administering authority financial assurance; or
to rehabilitate land.
This provision refers to the regulations (a regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Environmental Protection (Air) Policy 2019 · Regulation
- Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy 2019 · Regulation
- Environmental Protection (Water and Wetland Biodiversity) Policy 2019 · Regulation
1 more instrument made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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