377Compliance inspections

377 Compliance inspections

377 Compliance inspections

For the purposes of this Act, a compliance inspection is an inspection carried out to determine whether:

(a) a licence holder, a special purpose consent holder or an associate has complied with or is complying with:

(i) this Act or the regulations, or

(ii) the licence or consent conditions, or

(iii) a direction under section 387 or 392, or

(b) a person is exploring for or recovering minerals in breach of section 38.

Note—

An inspector may carry out a compliance inspection under:

• section 379 (inspection of licence-related premises etc without a warrant),

• section 380 (inspection of other premises etc with consent of the occupier),

• section 381 (inspection of premises etc with a warrant).