Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990

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.

The plan must be prepared within the prescribed period.

The plan must include—

any requirement that the declared mine licensee enter into a further rehabilitation bond; and

any prescribed criteria (rehabilitation criteria) for the rehabilitation of the declared mine land; and

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

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)—

the declared mine licensee; or

the Department Head; or

the owner of the land; and

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

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

any other prescribed matter.

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