Victorian Numbered Acts

RESOURCES INDUSTRY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 6 OF 2009) - SECT 11

After section 8 of the Principal Act insert —

        " 8AA     Offence to search for stone without owner's consent

A person must not search for stone or carry out any survey or other operation for the purpose of searching for stone—

        (a)     on Crown land without consent under section 77A and any consent required under section 77B(1); or

        (b)     on any private land without—

              (i)     the consent of the owner of the land and any consent required under section 77B(1), if the person whose consent is required under section 77B(1) is not the owner; or

              (ii)     the authority of the Minister under section 77C and any consent required under section 77B(1).

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

        8AB     Offence to carry on extractive industry without authority

    (1)     A person must not carry out an extractive industry on any land without a current extractive industry work authority to carry out that extractive industry on that land.

Penalty:     200 penalty units.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), the holder of an extractive industry work authority and the manager of the place where the extractive industry is being carried out under the work authority must comply with the work authority in carrying out the extractive industry.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (3)     The holder of an extractive industry work authority and the manager of the place where the extractive industry is being carried out under the work authority must comply with the conditions of the work authority relating to the safety of workers or the public.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.".