Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 2

2 Objectives of Act

The principal objectives of this Act are to—

(a) encourage and facilitate prospecting and exploring for and mining of minerals;

(b) enhance knowledge of the mineral resources of the State;

(c) minimise land use conflict with respect to prospecting, exploring and mining;

(d) encourage environmental responsibility in prospecting, exploring and mining;

(e) ensure an appropriate financial return to the State from mining;

(f) provide an administrative framework to expedite and regulate prospecting and exploring for and mining of minerals;

(g) encourage responsible land care management in prospecting, exploring and mining.