sec.334ZZSObligation to decommission

### sec.334ZZS Obligation to decommission This section applies to a person (the owner ) who holds a mineral development licence, mining lease or water monitoring authority under which a water monitoring bore was constructed, unless the water monitoring bore has, under division 1 , been transferred. The owner must decommission the bore from use under this Act before— the mineral development licence, mining lease or water monitoring authority ends; or the land on which the bore is located is no longer in the area of the licence, lease or authority. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. For subsection (1) , the bore is decommissioned from use under this Act only if— it has been plugged and abandoned in the way prescribed by regulation; and the decommissioning complies with the Water Act , sections 816 and 817 ; and the owner gives the chief executive a notice, in the approved form, of the decommissioning of the bore. Subsection (3) (b) applies only to the extent it is not inconsistent with subsection (3) (a) . s 334ZZS ins 2018 No. 24 s 142 (sec.334ZZS-ssec.1) This section applies to a person (the owner ) who holds a mineral development licence, mining lease or water monitoring authority under which a water monitoring bore was constructed, unless the water monitoring bore has, under division 1 , been transferred. (sec.334ZZS-ssec.2) The owner must decommission the bore from use under this Act before— the mineral development licence, mining lease or water monitoring authority ends; or the land on which the bore is located is no longer in the area of the licence, lease or authority. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. (sec.334ZZS-ssec.3) For subsection (1) , the bore is decommissioned from use under this Act only if— it has been plugged and abandoned in the way prescribed by regulation; and the decommissioning complies with the Water Act , sections 816 and 817 ; and the owner gives the chief executive a notice, in the approved form, of the decommissioning of the bore. (sec.334ZZS-ssec.4) Subsection (3) (b) applies only to the extent it is not inconsistent with subsection (3) (a) . - (a) the mineral development licence, mining lease or water monitoring authority ends; or - (b) the land on which the bore is located is no longer in the area of the licence, lease or authority. - (a) it has been plugged and abandoned in the way prescribed by regulation; and - (b) the decommissioning complies with the Water Act , sections 816 and 817 ; and - (c) the owner gives the chief executive a notice, in the approved form, of the decommissioning of the bore.