Compliance orders
86 Compliance orders
If a person carries out mining operations without the authority required by this Act, the ERD Court may, on application by the Director or the owner of the land on which the operations are carried out, make an order (a compliance order) requiring the person (the respondent)—
to stop the operations; and
if the operations have resulted in damage to land—to take specified action to restore the land to its former condition.
Before the Court makes a compliance order it must allow the respondent a reasonable opportunity to be heard on the application.
A person against whom a compliance order is made must comply with the order. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $100 000.
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