South Australian Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1971 - SECT 91

91—Administrative penalties

        (1)         This section applies to any provision of this Act (or the regulations) at the foot of which the words "Administrative penalty" appear.

        (2)         If a person who is a holder or former holder of a mining tenement is alleged to have contravened a provision to which this section applies, the Minister may, by notice in writing to the person, impose an administrative penalty on the person.

        (3)         The amount of an administrative penalty is an amount (not exceeding $10 000) fixed by regulation in relation to the relevant provision.

        (4)         An administrative penalty may be recovered as a debt due to the Crown.

        (5)         If an administrative penalty has been imposed in relation to a particular act or default, the same act or default cannot be made the subject of proceedings for an offence against this Act and if proceedings for an offence against this Act have been brought in relation to a particular act or default, an administrative penalty cannot be imposed for the same act or default.