Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) (Extractive Industries) Regulations 2019

This regulation applies to the holder of an extractive industry work authority relating to a declared quarry.

For the purposes of section 116A(1) of the Act—

a report for each reporting period, containing information set out in subregulation (3) that relates to the declared quarry, is prescribed information; and

the form approved by the Department Head is the prescribed form for the report; and

the prescribed time for furnishing the report to the Minister is within 3 months after the end of the reporting period for which the report is furnished.

For the purposes of subregulation (2)(a), the information is—

a description of activities taken in the reporting period to implement the control measures set out in the work plan in accordance with regulation 21 and clause 3 of Schedule 5; and

the results of the monitoring carried out in the reporting period under the monitoring plan set out in the work plan in accordance with regulation 21 and clause 4 of Schedule 5; and

the outcomes of reviews relating to the declared quarry carried out in the reporting period under the work plan in accordance with regulation 21 and clause 5 of Schedule 5, taking into account—

the implementation of control measures referred to in paragraph (a); and

the results of monitoring referred to in paragraph (b); and

any stability modelling undertaken; and

any significant changes in the operation of the declared quarry; and

implications for the quarry design components; and

any recommended changes to the work plan arising out of reviews carried out in the reporting period under the work plan in accordance with regulation 21 and clause 5 of Schedule 5.

In this regulation—

if the Minister nominates dates in writing to the holder of the extractive industry work authority for the purposes of reporting relating to the declared quarry, a period of 6 months ending on a date so nominated; or

otherwise, a period of 6 months ending on 30 June or 31 December.