Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 317T

317T Deciding whether to approve proposed plan

(1) The Minister may approve or refuse to approve a proposed later development plan for a mining lease.

(2) The matters that must be considered in deciding whether to approve the proposed later development plan include each of the following—

(a) the criteria under section 317N for deciding whether to approve a proposed initial development plan;

(b) the extent to which the current development plan for the mining lease has been complied with;

(c) the effect of approval of the proposed plan on a relinquishment condition for the mining lease;

(d) if the proposed plan provides for a significant change that is a cessation or reduction of mining or other purposes for which the mining lease is granted—

(i) whether the cessation or reduction is reasonable; and

(ii) whether the mining lease holder has taken all reasonable steps to prevent the cessation or reduction.

(3) The Minister may give the holder of the mining lease a notice requiring the holder to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, information the Minister reasonably requires to decide whether to approve the proposed later development plan.

(4) If the holder does not comply with the requirement, the Minister may refuse to approve the proposed later development plan.