Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting item 5 and substituting the following item:

5.    Extractive Activities

(a) Quarries: the extraction of 5,000 cubic metres or more of rock or gravel per year if the extraction –

(i) is the subject of, or requires, a mining lease under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 ; or

(ii) is carried out at a quarry in a State forest, within the meaning of the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 .

(b) Extractive pits: the extraction of 5,000 cubic metres or more of sand or clay per year if the extraction is the subject of, or requires, a mining lease under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 .

(c) Mines: the extraction of any minerals producing 1 000 tonnes or more of minerals per year.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 27 March 2019

This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order amends Schedule 2 to the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 by substituting a new definition for extractive activities in the list of level 2 activities.