Mining Rehabilitation Fund Act 2012 (WA)

Western Australia Mining Rehabilitation Fund Act 2012 Western Australia Mining Rehabilitation Fund Act 2012 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Terms used 2 4. Mining authorisation 3 Part 2 — Mining Rehabilitation Fund 5. Establishment of Mining Rehabilitation Fund 5 6. Purpose of Fund 5 7. Payments to Fund 5 8. Payments from Fund 5 9A. Liability for rehabilitation costs 6 Part 3 — Abandoned mine sites 9. Declaration of abandoned mine sites 8 10. Power to enter abandoned mine sites and affected land for rehabilitation work 8 Part 4 — Mining rehabilitation levy Division 1 — Mining rehabilitation levy 11. Mining rehabilitation levy 10 12. Liability for payment of levy 10 13. Amount of levy 10 Division 2 — Assessment and reassessment of levy 14. Assessment of levy 10 15. Authorisation holder required to provide assessment information 11 16. How assessment is made 11 17. Assessment notice 12 18. Reassessment of levy 12 19. Reassessment notice 12 Division 3 — Objections 20. Objection 14 21. Determination of objection 14 22. Notice of adjusted levy following objection 15 23. Notice of withdrawal of levy following objection 16 24. Review of decision on objection 17 Division 4 — Payment and recovery of levy 25. When levy amount due and payable 17 26. Penalty for non‑payment of levy 17 27. Recovery of levy amount and penalty amount 18 28. Liability to pay not affected by objection 18 Division 5 — Other matters 29. CEO may require information and records 18 30. Incriminating information 19 31. False or misleading information 20 32. Evidentiary value of levy notice 20 Part 5 — Miscellaneous 33. Mining Rehabilitation Advisory Panel 22 34. Delegation 22 35. Confidentiality 23 36. Protection from liability 23 37A. Giving notice to 2 or more holders of mining authorisation 24 37. Regulations 24 38. Review of Act 25 Part 6 — Consequential amendment 39. Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended 26 Notes Compilation table 27 Defined terms Western Australia Mining Rehabilitation Fund Act 2012 An Act to provide for — * the establishment of the Mining Rehabilitation Fund; and * the declaration of abandoned mine sites; and * a levy payable in respect of mining authorisations, and for related purposes. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: