Offshore Minerals Act 1998
sec.402Rehabilitation of damaged areas
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sec.402 Rehabilitation of damaged areas
A regulation may provide for— the rehabilitation of an area in coastal waters that has been damaged or affected by offshore exploration or mining activities of a tenure holder; and the recovery of costs and expenses incurred by the Minister in rehabilitating an area under a regulation made for paragraph (a) . A regulation made for subsection (1) (a) may provide for the rehabilitation to be carried out by the Minister or someone else. A regulation made for subsection (1) (b) may provide for the recovery of costs and expenses by way of deduction from the tenure holder’s security. (sec.402-ssec.1) A regulation may provide for— the rehabilitation of an area in coastal waters that has been damaged or affected by offshore exploration or mining activities of a tenure holder; and the recovery of costs and expenses incurred by the Minister in rehabilitating an area under a regulation made for paragraph (a) . (sec.402-ssec.2) A regulation made for subsection (1) (a) may provide for the rehabilitation to be carried out by the Minister or someone else. (sec.402-ssec.3) A regulation made for subsection (1) (b) may provide for the recovery of costs and expenses by way of deduction from the tenure holder’s security.
- (a) the rehabilitation of an area in coastal waters that has been damaged or affected by offshore exploration or mining activities of a tenure holder; and
- (b) the recovery of costs and expenses incurred by the Minister in rehabilitating an area under a regulation made for paragraph (a) .