Minerals Development Act 2017

Rehabilitation plan

136. (1) The purpose of a rehabilitation plan is to provide for the long-term rehabilitation and maintenance of a rehabilitation area.

(2) In preparing or adopting a rehabilitation plan in respect of a rehabilitation area, the rehabilitation authority shall make reasonable efforts to consult with each of the following:

(a) the occupiers of dwellings and business premises in the area, and of any land over which access to the area may be required, and if there is registered land within the area, or land over which access is required, the registered owners of that land;

(b) any person who may have obligations with respect to the rehabilitation of the area;

(c) the local authorities within whose boundaries the rehabilitation area lies, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Departments of State with direct responsibility for national parks and wildlife and for national monuments and any statutory body that the rehabilitation authority considers appropriate in the circumstances;

(d) any individual or company, including any group or association of individuals or companies, that the rehabilitation authority considers appropriate in the circumstances.

(3) Before revising a rehabilitation plan, the rehabilitation authority shall, where appropriate, make reasonable efforts to consult with each of the persons referred to in subsection (2).