57ARequirements for annual reports for declared mine rehabilitation plans

57A Requirements for annual reports for declared mine rehabilitation plans

For the purposes of regulation 53(4)(c)—

(a) the specified requirements are that an annual report in relation to a declared mine rehabilitation plan must comply with any relevant guidelines issued by the Minister under section 120A of the Act; and

(b) the specified information is—

(i) details of the progress on components of the declared mine rehabilitation plan that require the submission of additional information; and

(ii) an identification and assessment of any risks to the rehabilitation and post‑closure management of the declared mine; and

(iii) the reasons for any non‑compliance with rehabilitation or closure milestones; and

(iv) details of the remedial action that will be undertaken in respect of any non‑compliance with rehabilitation or closure milestones; and

(v) details of any technical and economic studies (including details of expenditure on those studies) carried out under the licence during the reporting period that relate to—

(A) the development of the mineral resource in accordance with principles of sustainable development; and

(B) demonstrating the economic viability of the mineral resource; and

(vi) a summary of the status of the regulatory processes that are required to be undertaken for the purposes of mine rehabilitation under the licence; and

(vii) a summary of any environmental audits and land contamination assessments required under the Act, the Water Act 1989, the Environment Protection Act 2017, the Environment Effects Act 1978 and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 of the Commonwealth; and

(viii) a summary of community engagement programs focused on rehabilitation, including the feedback and outcomes resulting from the engagement; and

(ix) a summary of any reportable event, within the meaning of section 41AC of the Act, that has occurred; and

(x) a report of potential issues that exist in relation to the declared mine rehabilitation plan; and

(xi) a report on the progressive rehabilitation of the declared mine land.