Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 10A

10A Extension of certain entitlements to registered native title bodies corporate and registered native title claimants

(1) To the extent that a provision of chapter 2 , other than section 19 (1) or 34 , applies to a prospecting permit granted only for pegging purposes, a reference in the provision to the owner of land is taken to include a reference to any registered native title body corporate under the Commonwealth Native Title Act in relation to any of the land.

(2) To the extent that section 31 applies to a prospecting permit granted other than only for pegging purposes, a reference in the section to the owner of land is taken to include a reference to any registered native title body corporate or registered native title claimant under the Commonwealth Native Title Act in relation to any of the land.

(3) In sections 34 , 125 , 231 (9) and 317 , a reference to the owner of land is taken to include a reference to any registered native title body corporate or registered native title claimant under the Commonwealth Native Title Act in relation to any of the land.

(4) In section 386X , and schedule 1 other than schedule 1 , section 4 , a reference to the owner of land is taken to include a reference to any registered native title body corporate or registered native title claimant under the Commonwealth Native Title Act in relation to any of the land.

(5) In this section—

"pegging purposes" , in relation to a prospecting permit, means purposes necessary to enable the holder of the permit to apply for a mining claim or mining lease over the land for which the permit is granted.