Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 136C

136C Call for tenders

(1) The Minister may publish a gazette notice (a
"call for EP (coal) tenders" ) inviting tenders for an exploration permit for coal.

(2) The call must state—

(a) the proposed area of the permit; and

(b) the proposed term of the permit; and

(c) the day and time by which tenders in response to it must be made (the
"closing time" for the call); and

(d) that the tenders must be lodged before the closing time for the call; and

(e) that the tenders must be accompanied by a proposed work program for the term of the permit, if granted; and

(f) whether the proposed work program under paragraph (e) must be a proposed work program (activities-based) or a proposed work program (outcomes-based); and

(g) that details about each of the following are available at a stated place—

(i) any proposed conditions of the permit that are likely to impact significantly on exploration in the proposed area;

(ii) any criteria (
"special criteria" ), other than the prescribed criteria, proposed to be used to decide whether to grant the permit, or to decide its provisions;

(iii) whether a process for appointing a preferred tenderer involving a cash bid component is to be used for deciding the call.

(3) The call may state other relevant matters, including, for example, matters relevant to the special criteria and prescribed criteria.

(4) Subsection (2) (g) (i) does not limit the Minister’s power under section 136K to decide conditions of the exploration permit if it is granted.

(5) However, the Minister must not act under this section for land if all or any part of the land is—

(a) in a fossicking area; or

(b) the subject of an application for an exploration permit for the same mineral; or

(c) the subject of a call for mining lease tenders.