Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 208

208 Adding other minerals to licence

(1) The holder of a mineral development licence for particular minerals may lodge a written application with the chief executive for the Minister’s approval to add stated minerals to the licence.

(2) The application must be accompanied by the application fee prescribed under a regulation.

(3) The Minister may approve or reject the application.

(3B) Without limiting the grounds on which the Minister may reject the application, the Minister may reject it if the Minister considers that approving it is not in the public interest.

(4) The approval may be given on the conditions the Minister considers appropriate, including conditions requiring the holder to deposit a stated amount of additional security.

(4A) Without limiting subsection (4) , the Minister may decide a condition for the giving of the approval if the Minister considers the condition is in the public interest.

(5) If the Minister approves the application, the mineral development licence is taken to include the stated minerals from the day the Minister approves the application.

(6) The chief executive must record in the register the details of the approval.