311Cancellation of deemed mining licence

311 Cancellation of deemed mining licence (1) A mining operator may apply to the Minister during the transition period to cancel a deemed mining licence. (2) An application must be in the approved form. . (3) The Minister may direct the mining operator to give the Minister, considers reasonably necessary to assess the proposed cancellation of the deemed mining licence to meet the objects of (4) The Minister may consider the application and decide: (a) to cancel the deemed licence; or (b) to refuse to cancel the deemed licence. (5) Before deciding to cancel a deemed mining licence, the Minister must be satisfied that: (a) any environmental risks and impacts at the mining site have been appropriately avoided, mitigated and managed in accordance with the licence; and (b) all necessary remediation and rehabilitation actions have been undertaken at the mining site to comply with the licence; and (c) the cancellation will not undermine the objects of this Act. Environment Protection Act 2019 264