Crown Minerals Act 1991

Permits, access to land, and other matters - Permits, access to land, and title notations - Conditions of permits

33: Permit holder responsibilities

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"What you must do if you have a mining permit"

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If you have a permit, you must follow the conditions of the permit. You also have to comply with the Crown Minerals Act 1991 and the regulations, as well as the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its regulations. You need to do things in a way that is considered good industry practice.

You have to send in royalty returns and pay royalties. You must keep records for at least 7 years after the year they relate to, or for at least 2 years after the permit is no longer in force. You have to work with the Minister, the chief executive, and enforcement officers to make sure you are following the rules.

If you have a permit with one or more other people, you are all responsible for following the rules and doing what the permit says. This means that each of you can be held responsible for making sure everything is done correctly under the permit, the Crown Minerals Act 1991, and the regulations.

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32: Right of permit holder to subsequent permits, or

"Getting a new permit after your first one, to keep exploring or start mining"

33A: Exercise of permit conditional on authorisation, or

"You can't start an activity until it's safe and approved under the rules."

Part 1BPermits, access to land, and other matters
Permits, access to land, and title notations: Conditions of permits

33Permit holder responsibilities

A permit holder must—
comply with—
1. the conditions of the permit; and
2. this Act and the regulations; and
3. the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and regulations made under that Act; and
perform activities under the permit in accordance with good industry practice; and
submit royalty returns, and pay royalties; and
keep records for at least 7 years after the year to which they relate or for at least 2 years after the permit to which they relate ceases to be in force, whichever is the longer; and
co-operate with the Minister, the chief executive, and enforcement officers for the purpose of complying with the conditions of the permit, this Act, and the regulations.

Subsection (3) applies if the permit holder is 2 or more persons.
Each person to whom this subsection applies is jointly and severally liable to comply with and perform the obligations of the permit holder under the permit, this Act, and the regulations.

Notes

Section 33: replaced, on 24 May 2013, by section 26 of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 14).
Section 33(1)(a)(iii): amended, on 4 April 2016, by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).