Compliance and Enforcement
The Earth Resources Regulation Branch uses promotion, education and advice to encourage compliance with the responsibilities of holding a tenement under the legislation covering the mining, quarrying and petroleum industries.
Tenement compliance information
An overview of the compliance program is given in the following document: Compliance Overview
The following booklet explains the requirements for holding a tenement under the mining and quarrying legislation: Why Tenement Compliance Matters
Updates
- The need to maintain records
- What if I can't meet my expenditure
- Additional items allowed for expenditure claiming
- Revised Expenditure Rates
Operations compliance information
Minerals and Extractive Operations Group detect a failure to comply with the legislation, industry should expect an enforcement response. Our policy is to respond to a failure to comply with legislation (including a tenement condition) through a graded enforcement approach:
- give advice
- express concern orally
- issue an instruction
- give a direction
- issue a notice
- infringement notice
- issue an order to cease work
- prosecute
- cancel the tenement
This enforcement policy provides the guiding principles necessary for a fair, safe and equitable application of the law in the day to day dealings of authorised persons with the general public and others. The policy is also a clear indication of what the public will receive from law enforcers by way of information, choice and public safety.
