Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990

The Minister may direct the Department Head to remove registered mine land or a part of that land from the declared mine land register, if the Minister is satisfied that the geotechnical, water quality or hydrogeological factors that posed a significant risk to public safety, the environment or infrastructure that existed on the registration of the declared mine land are no longer present.

On receipt of a direction referred to in subsection (1), the Department Head must amend the declared mine land register—

by removing the registered mine land or a part of that land that is the subject of the direction; and

by removing the registered post-closure plan for that land if the whole of the land is removed.