Minerals Development Act 2017

Furnishing information

81. (1) Every licensee under a mining licence shall furnish to the Minister—

(a) the information necessary to calculate the royalties and the mining licence fees payable in respect of a period set out in the licence, no later than 45 days after the end of that period,

(b) if the licensee has been notified that the Mining Board has determined that a person having an estate or interest in the subsurface of private land is entitled under Chapter 2 of Part 4 to compensation for the exercise of an ancillary underground right in respect of that subsurface, a notice that the right has been exercised, as soon as practicable after receiving the notification from the Board of its determination,

(c) if a licensee has been notified that the Mining Board has determined that a person having an estate or interest in the subsurface is entitled under Chapter 2 of Part 4 to compensation for the exercise of an ancillary underground right and the licensee has not yet exercised the right in respect of that subsurface, a notice that that right has been exercised, within 45 days after the end of the year in which that right is exercised,

(d) the information required by regulations under subsection (2), within the time specified in those regulations, and

(e) such other information relating to the working of minerals under the licence that the Minister may require, within 28 days after being required by the Minister to do so.

(2) The Minister may make regulations regarding the furnishing of information by a licensee under a mining licence to the Minister and when that information is to be furnished.