sec.21Failure to pay contribution to scheme fund or give surety prevents registration of dealing

### sec.21 Failure to pay contribution to scheme fund or give surety prevents registration of dealing This section applies if— the Minister approves a prescribed dealing, or the chief executive is given notice of a notifiable dealing, that is either of the following— a changed holder event under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 for a resource authority that authorises the carrying out of a resource activity for an environmental authority; a transfer of a small scale mining tenure mentioned in the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 , section 53 (i) ; and a contribution to the scheme fund is required to be paid, or a surety required to be given, for the environmental authority or small scale mining tenure, under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 . The prescribed dealing or notifiable dealing must not be registered unless the entity that will be the holder of the resource authority, or small scale mining tenure, on registration of the prescribed dealing or notifiable dealing has paid the contribution to the scheme fund, or given the surety, under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 . s 21 (prev s 20A) ins 2018 No. 30 s 207 amd 2020 No. 14 s 64 renum 2020 No. 14 s 66 amd 2022 No. 29 s 21 ; 2024 No. 33 s 183 sch 1 pt 2 (sec.21-ssec.1) This section applies if— the Minister approves a prescribed dealing, or the chief executive is given notice of a notifiable dealing, that is either of the following— a changed holder event under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 for a resource authority that authorises the carrying out of a resource activity for an environmental authority; a transfer of a small scale mining tenure mentioned in the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 , section 53 (i) ; and a contribution to the scheme fund is required to be paid, or a surety required to be given, for the environmental authority or small scale mining tenure, under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 . (sec.21-ssec.2) The prescribed dealing or notifiable dealing must not be registered unless the entity that will be the holder of the resource authority, or small scale mining tenure, on registration of the prescribed dealing or notifiable dealing has paid the contribution to the scheme fund, or given the surety, under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 . - (a) the Minister approves a prescribed dealing, or the chief executive is given notice of a notifiable dealing, that is either of the following— (i) a changed holder event under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 for a resource authority that authorises the carrying out of a resource activity for an environmental authority; (ii) a transfer of a small scale mining tenure mentioned in the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 , section 53 (i) ; and - (i) a changed holder event under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 for a resource authority that authorises the carrying out of a resource activity for an environmental authority; - (ii) a transfer of a small scale mining tenure mentioned in the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 , section 53 (i) ; and - (b) a contribution to the scheme fund is required to be paid, or a surety required to be given, for the environmental authority or small scale mining tenure, under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 . - (i) a changed holder event under the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 for a resource authority that authorises the carrying out of a resource activity for an environmental authority; - (ii) a transfer of a small scale mining tenure mentioned in the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018 , section 53 (i) ; and