Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00333:section:41c:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00333
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 41C (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 24897–27118

of the mining period, the extension of the agreement referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) or the further agreement referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection.
 (4) If the agreement referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) is extended as mentioned in that paragraph or a further agreement is entered into as mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection, the Minister shall:
 (a) as soon as practicable, after consulting with the applicants, determine the conditions and restrictions to which the new authority is to be subject, being conditions and restrictions that:
 (i) subject to subparagraph (ii), include conditions and restrictions that the Minister is satisfied will ensure the rehabilitation, in the manner and to the extent provided by the current authority, of the area affected by operations carried on under the current authority; and
 (ii) are not inconsistent with the obligations of the Commonwealth under the extended agreement or the further agreement, as the case may be; and
 (b) as soon as practicable, but not later than 6 months before the expiration of the mining period, give to the applicants a notice in writing setting out those conditions and restrictions.
 (5) Where the applicants have within 3 months following the receipt by them of the notice referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (4) informed the Minister in writing that they wish to proceed with the application, the Minister shall, before the expiration of the mining period, by instrument in writing under his or her hand, revoke the current authority with effect from the expiration of the mining period and confer a new authority under section 41 on the applicants in respect of the Ranger Project Area in accordance with subsection (1), being a new authority that is subject to the conditions and restrictions determined in accordance with subsection (4).
 (6) Where the applicants have not within the 3 months referred to in subsection (5) informed the Minister in writing that they wish to proceed with the application, they shall be deemed to have withdrawn the application and are not entitled to make a further application under subsection (1).

Division 2—Authority to carry on rehabilitation etc.