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Crown Minerals Act 1991

Permits, access to land, and other matters - Enforcement, remedies, and appeals - Compliance notices

89ZZL: Content of compliance notices

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"What a compliance notice must tell you when you're breaking a rule"

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When you get a compliance notice, it must tell you that the chief executive or an enforcement officer thinks you are breaking a rule in the Crown Minerals Act 1991 or the regulations. They must have good reasons for thinking this. The notice must also say which rule you are breaking and how you are breaking it.

You will be given a time limit to fix the problem, which could be something you are doing or something that is causing the problem. The notice might tell you what you can do to fix the problem or stop it from happening.

The compliance notice can include suggestions on how to fix the issue, such as what measures you can take to stop breaking the rule or what to do to prevent it from happening again. You can find more information about this in the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 and the original act.

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Part 1BPermits, access to land, and other matters
Enforcement, remedies, and appeals: Compliance notices

89ZZLContent of compliance notices

  1. A compliance notice must state—

  2. that the chief executive or an enforcement officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that the person—
    1. is contravening a provision of this Act or the regulations; or
      1. is likely to contravene a provision of this Act or the regulations; and
      2. the provision the chief executive or enforcement officer believes, on reasonable grounds, is being, or is likely to be, contravened; and
        1. briefly, how the provision is being, or is likely to be, contravened; and
          1. a period within which the person is required to remedy—
            1. the contravention or likely contravention; or
              1. the things or activities causing the contravention or likely to cause a contravention.

              2. A compliance notice may include recommendations concerning—

              3. the measures that could be taken to remedy the contravention, or prevent the likely contravention, to which the notice relates:
                1. the things or activities causing the contravention, or likely to cause a contravention, to which the notice relates.

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                  • Section 89ZZL: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 53).