Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 286AA

286AA Additional requirements for application for renewal of particular mining leases for prescribed minerals

(1) This section applies to an application—

(a) for the renewal of a prescribed mineral mining lease; or

(b) for the renewal of another mining lease for a prescribed mineral if—

(i) the holder proposes to mine a threshold amount of the prescribed mineral under the renewed lease in a lease year, in any 1 or more of the first 5 lease years for the renewed lease; or

(ii) the renewed lease is part of a mining project and the holder proposes to mine a threshold amount of the prescribed mineral under the mining project in a lease year, in any 1 or more of the first 5 lease years for the renewed lease.

(2) If the application is for the renewal of a prescribed mineral mining lease, the application must—

(a) state whether the current development plan for the lease has been complied with; and

(b) if the development plan has not been complied with—state details of, and reasons for, each noncompliance; and

(c) include a proposed later development plan for the renewed lease that complies with the later development plan requirements.

Note—

See section 317Q for the later development plan requirements.

(3) If the application is an application mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , the application must include a proposed development plan that complies with the initial development plan requirements for the renewed lease.

Note—

See section 317K for the initial development plan requirements.

(4) The application can not be made after the mining lease has ended.

(5) If the application is made less than 6 months before the end of the term of the mining lease, the application must be accompanied by an amount that is 10 times the renewal fee prescribed under section 286 (2) (b) .