Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may provide for:
(a) the rehabilitation of an area in an offshore area that has been damaged or affected by exploration or mining activities of a licence holder; and
(b) the recovery of costs and expenses incurred by the Designated Authority in rehabilitating an area under regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (a).
(2) Regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) may provide for the rehabilitation to be carried out by the Designated Authority or someone else.
(3) Regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) may provide for the recovery of costs and expenses by way of deduction from the licence holder's security.