Section 126 — Mineral Enactment 1999

(a)

a mine rehabilitation plan; and

(b)

upon application for a renewal of such lease, a modified mine rehabilitation plan, for approval by the Committee.

(2)

The mine rehabilitation plan shall provide for specific rehabilitation actions, inspections, annual reports, estimated total cost for rehabilitation, cost estimates for each specific rehabilitation action and a detailed timetable for the orderly and efficient rehabili-tation of the mining land.

(3)

The Committee shall, within a reasonable time from the submission of the mine rehabilitation plan under subsection (1), approve or reject such plan, and shall notify the lessee of its decision.

(4)

Any lessee whose mine rehabilitation plan has been rejected under subsection (3) –

(a)

may submit such number of mine rehabilitation plans as may be necessary in order to obtain the approval of the Committee; or

(b)

may appeal against the rejection, within sixty days of notification of the decision under subsection (3), to the Minister whose decision thereon shall be final.

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(5)

Where the lessee intends to modify a mine rehabilitation plan approved under this section, the lessee shall submit the proposed modified rehabilitation plan to the

Committee for approval.

(6)

Where any mining lease authorising a large scale operation is renewed, no mining shall proceed until a modified mine rehabilitation plan has been approved under this section.

(7)

Where a mining lease authorising a small scale operation is altered to authorise a large scale operation under section 63(11), no large scale operation shall commence on the land until a mine rehabilitation plan has been approved under this section.

Mine Rehabilitation Fund.