79Rehabilitation plan

79 Rehabilitation plan A rehabilitation plan must— (a) take into account— (i) any special characteristics of the land; and (ii) the surrounding environment; and (iii) the need to stabilise the land; and S. 79(a)(iv) amended by Nos 6/2009 s. 22(1), 68/2014 s. 49(a). (iv) the desirability or otherwise of returning agricultural land to a state that is as close as is reasonably possible to its state before the mining licence, prospecting licence or extractive industry work authority was granted; and S. 79(a)(v) inserted by No. 82/2000 s. 53. (v) any potential long term degradation of the environment; and S. 79(b) amended by 76/1998 s. 31(i), substituted by No. 6/2009 s. 22(2). (b) be prepared by— (i) the applicant for the extractive industry work authority after consultation with the owner of the land, if the land is private land; or S. 79(b)(ii) amended by No. 68/2014 s. 49(b). (ii) the licensee after consultation with the owner of the land, if the land is private land and the licence is a mining licence or prospecting licence. S. 79A inserted by No. 63/2006 s. 41.