Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 20

20 Provisions about consents to enter land

(1) This section applies to consents for a prospecting permit holder to enter land.

(2) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the consent of an owner who is a joint tenant or tenant in common with other owners, is taken to be the consent of all the owners.

(3) If the owner of land can not be easily contacted, a consent may be given for the land by the land’s occupier.

Examples of the owner not being easily contacted—

1 The owner does not live in Australia and there is no known current overseas address for the owner.

2 The owner is travelling in Australia and there is no known current address for the owner.

(4) Consent under this section may be given on conditions.

(5) The holder of a consent must comply with the consent’s conditions.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (5) —10 penalty units.

Note—

If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 412B , to have also committed the offence.

(6) A consent given for land may be amended or withdrawn by the land’s owner (or, if given by the occupier, the occupier) by written notice given to the holder and the chief executive.

Note—

For other relevant provisions about giving the chief executive documents, see section 386O .

(7) Subsection (6) applies despite the Common Provisions Act , section 70 .