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Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990
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87 Compensation agreement
S. 87(1) substituted by No. 59/2010 s. 47(1).
(1) The licensee and the owner or occupier of land to which this section applies may enter into a written agreement as to the amount or kind of compensation payable by the licensee for any loss or damage that has been or will be sustained as a direct, natural and reasonable consequence of the approval of the work plan or the doing of work under the licensee's licence.
S. 87(2) amended by No. 14/2025 s. 47.
(2) The licensee must lodge an agreement under subsection (1) with the Department Head for registration.
S. 87(2A) inserted by No. 59/2010 s. 47(2).
(2A) A compensation agreement may be about the amount or kind of compensation payable under section 85(1) or (1A).
S. 87(3) amended by No. 32/2019 s. 61.
(3) A compensation agreement may include, in relation to the amount or kind of compensation payable or any other agreed matter (among other things)—
(a) a description of the licensee's proposed work, including the location and area of that work; and
(b) the anticipated date of commencement and anticipated duration of the proposed work; and
(c) agreed points of entry onto and exit from the land for the purposes of the proposed work; and
(d) the number and type of vehicles, plant and equipment involved in the proposed work; and
(e) a description of the facilities, including sanitary arrangements, which the licensee will be providing on the land.
S. 87(4) inserted by No. 59/2010 s. 47(3).
(4) This section applies to private land (whether or not that land is land affected).