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69Compensation not payable for certain damage to buildings erected in known landslip areas
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### 69 Compensation not payable for certain damage to buildings erected in known landslip areas
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> > > ***landslip order*** means an order under section 161B(1) of the [Mineral Resources Development Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-116) ;
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> > > ***registered*** means registered in accordance with section 161C of the [Mineral Resources Development Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-116) ;
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> > > ***revocation order*** means an order under section 161D(1)(a) of the [Mineral Resources Development Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-116) .
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> > (2) Once a landslip order declaring an area of land to be an A landslip area or B landslip area has been registered, no compensation or other relief is payable for any damage caused by earth movement to any building that is erected during the registration period in that area of land.
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> > (3) For the purposes of [subsection (2)](#GS69@Gs2@EN) , the registration period is the period that commences on the day on which the landslip order is registered and ends on the day on which a revocation order in respect of that landslip order is registered.