Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 147

147 Application for renewal of exploration permit

(1) The holder of an exploration permit may, within the renewal period, apply to the chief executive for a renewal of the permit.

(2) The application must be—

(a) made in the approved form; and

(b) accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation; and

(c) accompanied by a proposed work program for the further term of the permit, if renewed.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if, after considering the proposed work program submitted under subsection (2) (c) , the Minister considers a work program of another type mentioned in section 130AA (1) is more appropriate for the exploration of the area of the permit, if renewed.

(4) Before deciding the application, the Minister may, by written notice given to the applicant, require the applicant to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, a proposed work program of another type mentioned in section 130AA (1) for the further term of the permit, if renewed.

(5) In this section—

"renewal period" means the period that is—

(a) at least 3 months, or any shorter period allowed by the Minister in the particular case, before the current term of the permit expires; and

(b) not more than 6 months before the current term expires.