Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 318B

318B Proposed petroleum lease declared a coordinated project

(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the making of the mining lease application, a project is declared a coordinated project under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 that is, or includes, a proposed petroleum lease for the land; and

Note—

See the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 , section 26 (Declaration of coordinated project).

(b) the proponent for the coordinated project—

(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 the application for the proposed petroleum lease is decided.

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

(a) the proponent of the coordinated project does not make a petroleum lease application for the land within 1 year after the making of the declaration; 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 of the coordinated project has given written consent to the mining lease application.