253General

253 General

253 General

(1) The sources of obligations associated with a mining licence are:

(a) the licence conditions, and

(b) obligations arising from directions under section 387 or 392 given by the Minister, and

(c) obligations imposed by this Act and the regulations.

Note—

For paragraph (a) see sections 254 to 256. For paragraph (c) see sections 44, 259 to 262, 372 and 391 (1).

(2) If a mining licence has 2 or more holders, all the holders are jointly and severally bound by the obligations that attach to the licence.