Removal of property by holder of mineral right

(1) Subject to any relevant agreement of a kind referred to in section 9, where a mineral right has been wholly or partly determined or cancelled, or has expired, the Minister may, by notice served on the person who is or was the holder of the mineral right, direct that person to remove or cause to be removed from the relinquished area concerned all property brought into that area by any person engaged or concerned in the operations authorised by the mineral right, or to make arrangements that are satisfactory to the Minister with respect to that property. (2) A person to whom a direction under sub-section (1), is given and who refuses or fails to comply with the direction within the period specified in the notice by which the direction was given commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.