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MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 188A

Accurate plans of mines to be made and kept

(1)  A lessee must ensure that accurate plans of any mine that is established or used under the lease are prepared and kept by the lessee.
(2)  A lessee must ensure that an accurate plan of any additional working of, or extension to, a mine that is established, or used, under the lease is prepared and kept by the lessee.
(3)  If an underground mine has been established or used under a lease, the lessee must ensure that an accurate plan of the mine, and any additional working of, or extension to, the mine, is made before the mine is abandoned, filled or allowed to fall into disrepair.
(4)  The plan of a mine, and of any additional working of, or extension to, a mine, is to be drawn up in accordance with a survey carried out by a qualified surveyor.
(5)  A lessee must ensure that the original, or a copy, of a plan required to be made under this section is provided to the Director within 6 months after the plan is made or this section commences, whichever occurs last.
(6)  If the Director is of the opinion that a plan required to be made under this section has not been made or kept, or has not been accurately made, the Director may –
(a) cause a survey to be made of all or any part of the mine and accurate plans of the mine, based on that survey, to be drawn up; and
(b) charge the lessee the reasonable costs incurred in having the survey made and the plans drawn up.



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