120K. Compliance with directions
(1) A mining tenement holder to whom a direction is issued and who has not requested a review of that direction, shall comply with the terms of that direction within the time period specified in that direction.
(2) When a mining tenement holder to whom a direction is issued requests a review, or intends to request a review and a review is requested, if upon determination of that review ¾
(a) the decision to issue a direction is confirmed and the terms of that direction are confirmed, the mining tenement holder shall comply with the terms of that direction within the new time period specified in that direction;
(b) the decision to issue a direction is confirmed but the terms of that direction are modified, the mining tenement holder shall comply with the modified terms of that direction within the new time period specified in that direction; or
(c) the direction is revoked, the mining tenement holder is not bound by the original direction.
(3) A mining tenement holder who does not comply with subregulation (1) or (2) commits an offence.
(4) A term of a contract or agreement that purports to exclude, restrict or modify a person's obligation to comply with a direction is void, and a person's obligation to comply with a direction is not affected by reason of surrender, forfeiture or expiry of the mining tenement.
[Regulation 120K inserted in Gazette 24 June 1994 p.2936.]