26CDirection for licensee or former licensee to remove property—the Act, Sch 2, cl 13

26C Direction for licensee or former licensee to remove property—the Act, Sch 2, cl 13

26C Direction for licensee or former licensee to remove property—the Act, Sch 2, cl 13

(1) The Minister may, by written order served on a licensee, direct the licensee to do the following—

(a) remove, or cause to be removed, from the licence area, or a relinquished area, licence operations property,

(b) make arrangements, satisfactory to the Minister, to remove or dispose of the licence operations property,

(c) make good, to the satisfaction of the Minister, damage to the licence area or relinquished area caused by the removal of the licence operations property,

(d) make good, to the satisfaction of the Minister, damage to the licence area or relinquished area caused by a person engaged or involved in the operations or by the removal of the property.

(2) The direction may specify—

(a) the licence operations property to be removed, and

(b) the way in which the property must be removed.

(3) A person must comply with a direction—

(a) in relation to a relinquished area—by the time specified in the direction, or

(b) in relation to a licence area—on or before the expiration of the licence.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—3,000 penalty units and, for a continuing offence, a further 300 penalty units for each day the offence continues, or

(b) for an individual—600 penalty units and, for a continuing offence, a further 60 penalty units for each day the offence continues.

(4) In this section—

licensee includes a former licensee of a licence that is wholly cancelled, partly cancelled, or expired.

s 26C: Ins 2024 (329), Sch 1[2]. Am 2025 (675), Sch 1[26]–[29].