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Environment Protection Act 2019
13AMeaning of mining activity
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13A Meaning of mining activity
(1) For this Act, each of the following is a mining activity:
(a) exploration for minerals or extractive minerals;
(b) mining of minerals or extractive minerals;
(c) extraction of extractive minerals;
(d) processing of minerals, extractive minerals, tailings, spoil
heaps or waste dumps;
(e) decommissioning, remediation and rehabilitation of a site on
which an activity referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) has been
or is being carried out;
(f) operations and works in connection with the activities in
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), including:
(i) the removal, handling, transport and storage of minerals,
extractive minerals, substances, contaminants and
waste; and
(ii) the construction, operation, maintenance and removal of
plant, infrastructure and engineered features;
(g) the construction, maintenance and use of infrastructure
authorised by an access authority;
(h) operations and works in connection with exploration or mining
generally;
(i) operations for the monitoring, management and maintenance
during a care and maintenance period of a site on which an
activity in paragraphs (a) to (h) has been or is being carried
out.
(2) In addition to the activities mentioned in subsection (1), an activity
(an associated activity) is a mining activity for this Act if:
(a) the activity is related to a mining activity mentioned in
subsection (1); and
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(b) is carried out on an area of land other than an area mentioned
in the definition of mining site, paragraph (a) or (d).
(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), aerial surveying is not a mining