If an inspector or a senior inspector is of the opinion that a mine, or any activity in connection with that mine is likely to have or is having a significant adverse effect on the environment, that inspector or senior inspector may issue a written direction to modify mining operations to the mining tenement holder ¾

(a) by delivering a copy of that direction to the person ostensibly in charge at the site of the relevant mine; or

(b) in the absence of the person referred to in paragraph (a), by posting a copy to the mining tenement holder at that mining tenement holder's last known address.

[Regulation 120H inserted in Gazette 24 June 1994 p.2935.]