Queensland Consolidated Acts

GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2009 - SECT 215

215 Proposed geothermal, mining or petroleum lease for which EIS approval given

(1) This section applies for a GHG lease application if—

(a) before the making of the application, an approval under the Environmental Protection Act , chapter 3 , part 2 was granted for the voluntary preparation of an EIS; and

(b) the EIS is for a project that is or includes a proposed geothermal lease, mining lease or petroleum lease (the
"other proposed lease" ) for land the subject of the application.

(2) The application must not be decided until—

(a) if no application is made for the other proposed lease within 2 years after the granting of the approval—the end of the 2 years; or

(b) if an application is made for the other proposed lease within the 2 years—that application is decided.