Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 317Z

317Z Call for tenders

(1) The Minister may publish a gazette notice (a
"call for mining lease tenders" ) inviting tenders for an eligible person to apply for a mining lease.

(2) The call must state—

(a) the proposed area of the lease; and

(b) the day and time by which tenders in response to it must be made (the
"closing time" for the call); and

(c) that the tenders must be lodged before the closing time for the call; and

(d) that details about each of the following are available at a stated place—

(i) any proposed conditions of the lease that are likely to impact significantly on mining in the proposed area;

(ii) a proposed initial development plan or proposed mining program required for an application for the lease;

(iii) any criteria (
"special criteria" ), other than the prescribed criteria, proposed to be used to decide the call;

(iv) whether security to ensure the tenderer, if appointed as the preferred tenderer, applies for the mining lease must be deposited for the tender and, if so, the amount of security;

(v) whether a process for appointing a preferred tenderer involving a cash bid component is to be used for deciding the call.

(3) The call may state other relevant matters, including, for example—

(a) information about minerals known to be in the proposed area; and

(b) matters relevant to the special criteria and prescribed criteria.

(4) Subsection (2) (d) (i) does not limit the Minister’s power under section 276 (1) (n) to decide conditions of the mining lease if it is granted.

(5) The Minister must not act under this section for land if all or any part of the land is the subject of—

(a) a mining tenement, other than a prospecting permit; or

(b) an application for a mining tenement, other than a prospecting permit.

(6) In this section—

"prescribed criteria" means the matters stated in section 271 that the Minister must consider in deciding an application for the grant of a mining lease.