68AExpiration of permits for extractive industry

68A Expiration of permits for extractive industry (1) Despite section 68(2)(b) and (3)(d), a permit that authorises the use of land for extractive industry expires if the use authorised by the permit is discontinued for a period of 10 years. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a permit that authorises the use of land for extractive industry if the permit also authorises another use of land. ***applicable purpose*** means— (a) the sale of stone; or (b) the commercial use of stone; or (c) the use of stone in construction, building, road or manufacturing works; ***extractive industry*** means the extraction or removal of stone for an applicable purpose and includes any of the following— (a) the treatment (including crushing and processing) of the stone that occurs on, or adjacent to, land from which the stone was extracted or removed; (b) the manufacture of bricks, tiles, pottery, cement or asphalt products that occurs on, or adjacent to, land from which the stone was extracted or removed; (c) rehabilitation of land following the extraction or removal of stone for an applicable purpose.