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Mine rehabilitation plan and appointment of local authority as agent of Minister.
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26.— (1) A local authority may be appointed by the Minister as agent of the Minister to do one or more of the following:
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(a) prepare a mine rehabilitation plan;
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(b) revise a mine rehabilitation plan; or
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(c) carry out a mine rehabilitation plan,
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on such terms and conditions as the Minister may decide.
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(2) After consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the Minister may appoint a local authority to discharge functions under this section in respect of so much of the site of a former mine which is within the local authority’s functional area.
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(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be read as affecting any appointment, made by the Minister before the passing of this Act, of a local authority as agent of the Minister to carry out a project similar in nature to a mine rehabilitation plan.
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