Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 318AZ

318AZ Proposed petroleum lease for which EIS approval given

(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the making of the mining lease application, an approval under the Environmental Protection Act , chapter 3 , part 2 , was granted for the voluntary preparation of an EIS for a project that is, or includes, a proposed petroleum lease for the land; and

(b) the proponent for the EIS—

(i) is, or includes, the authority to prospect holder; or

(ii) is someone else who has the authority holder’s consent.

(2) A mining lease notice can not be issued for the mining lease application until an application for the proposed petroleum lease is decided.

(3) However, subsection (2) ceases to apply if—

(a) the proponent of the EIS does not make a petroleum lease application for the land within 1 year after the granting of the approval; or

(b) a petroleum lease application for the land is made within the period mentioned in paragraph (a) and—

(i) it does not comply with the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act ; or

(ii) it is decided; or

(c) the proponent for the EIS has given written consent to the mining lease application.