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Page 138 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 134] Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Part 7 Amendment of Mineral Resources Act 1989 out on the site would be required to carry out to comply with rehabilitation conditions for the code-managed ERA. (2) Section 344B(2)— insert— rehabilitation condition, for a code-managed ERA carried out under an ERA code, means a condition of the ERA code about rehabilitating or remediating environmental harm caused by the carrying out of the code-managed ERA under the ERA code. (3) Section 344B(1A) and (2)— renumber as section 344B(2) and (3). 134 Amendment of s 344D (Authorisation to carry out rehabilitation activities on final rehabilitation site) (1) Section 344D(1), from ‘the holder’ to ‘PRCP schedule’— omit, insert— a relevant person (2) Section 344D(3) and (4), ‘holder’— omit, insert— relevant person (3) Section 344D— insert— (5) In this section— relevant person, for mining activities that were carried out on a final rehabilitation site, means— (a) if an environmental authority or PRCP schedule is in force for the mining activities—the holder of the authority or schedule; or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Clause 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Page 139 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 135] Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Part 7 Amendment of Mineral Resources Act 1989 (b) if a code-managed ERA is being carried out under an ERA code for the mining activities—the person carrying out the code-managed ERA. 135 Amendment of s 345 (Compensation) (1) Section 345(1), ‘The holder of an environmental authority’— omit, insert— A relevant person (2) Section 345(1)(a), ‘holder’— omit, insert— relevant person 136 Amendment of s 348 (Liability for payment of compensation to native title holders) Section 348(2), ‘holder of the environmental authority’— omit, insert— relevant person 137 Amendment of s 391A (Restriction on decisions or recommendations about mining tenements) (1) Section 391A(1)(a), ‘, other than a mining tenement for small scale mining activities’— omit, insert— that authorises or is to authorise a relevant resource ERA (2) Section 391A(1)(b), ‘, other than a mining tenement for small scale mining activities,’— omit, insert— that authorises or is to authorise a relevant resource ERA 1 2 3 4 Clause 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Clause 12 13 14 15 16 Clause 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Page 140 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 138] Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Part 7 Amendment of Mineral Resources Act 1989 (3) Section 391A(6)— omit. 138 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 2, definition relevant environmental condition— omit. (2) Schedule 2— insert— code-managed ERA, for chapter 13, part 4, see section 344. ERA code means an ERA code under the Environmental Protection Act. former mining claim or lease, for chapter 13, part 4, see section 344. relevant environmental authority, for a mining tenement, means an environmental authority issued for activities that are— (a) authorised or to be authorised under the mining tenement; and (b) relevant resource ERAs. relevant environmental condition, for a mining tenement, means— (a) a condition of any relevant environmental authority for the mining tenement; or (b) if any of the activities authorised or to be authorised under the mining tenement are carried out under an ERA code—a condition of the ERA code that applies to the carrying out of the activities. relevant resource ERA means a resource ERA under the Environmental Protection Act for which an environmental authority is required under that 1 2 Clause 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31