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Environment Protection Act 2019
312Replacement of deemed mining licence
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312 Replacement of deemed mining licence
(1) A mining operator may apply to the Minister within the transition
period to grant an environmental (mining) licence for a mining
activity in place of the deemed mining licence applying to that
(2) An application must be in the approved form.
(3) The Minister may, on the Minister’s own initiative, commence a
process, within the transition period, to grant an environmental
(mining) licence for a mining activity in place of the deemed mining
licence applying to that mining activity.
(4) The Minister must give written notice to the mining operator of the
Minister’s intention to commence a process to grant an
environmental (mining) licence in place of the deemed mining
(5) On an application under subsection (1) or the completion of a
process referred to in subsection (3), the Minister must grant the
mining operator a replacement environmental (mining) licence in
accordance with this Subdivision.
(6) A replacement environmental (mining) licence may be for a mining
activity relating to all or any of the following:
(a) an exploration activity as set out in section 124M;
(b) mining operations as set out in section 124N;
(c) extractive operations as set out in section 124P.