Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 175

175 Chief executive may recommend action to ease concerns or other action

(1) If the chief executive considers an exploration permit holder should take action to ease concerns of an owner of land or another exploration permit holder, or should take some other action, the chief executive may recommend the action to the Minister.

(2) The Minister may give the exploration permit holder the directions the Minister considers appropriate about the recommended action.

(3) A failure by the holder to comply with the Minister’s directions is taken to be a breach of a condition of the exploration permit.

(4) If the Minister gives a direction under subsection (2) , the chief executive must give a copy to—

(a) if the recommended action under subsection (1) relates only to native title protection conditions under section 141AA —any person identified in the conditions as a native title party; or

(b) if the recommended action under subsection (1) relates only partly to the native title protection conditions—

(i) any person identified in the conditions as a native title party; and

(ii) the owner of the land; or

(c) otherwise—the owner of the land.

(5) If the recommended action under subsection (1) is action to ease concerns of an owner of land or another exploration permit holder, the chief executive must give the land’s owner and the exploration permit holder written notice of—

(a) the substance of any recommendation made to the Minister under subsection (1) or, if the chief executive decides not to make a recommendation, the chief executive’s decision; and

(b) any other action the chief executive has taken to ease the concerns of the owner or exploration permit holder.