13AMeaning of mining activity

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

Environment Protection Act 2019 20 (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