Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 318BV

318BV Additional ground for refusing application

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a coal or oil shale mining lease application is made in response to an invitation given under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act , section 323 ; and

(b) the application is made within 6 months after the giving of the invitation.

Note—

For a coal or oil shale mining lease application not made within the 6 months, see the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act , section 326 (No mining lease application).

(2) The Minister may refuse the application if satisfied the applicant has not, in a timely manner, taken any step in relation to the application required of the applicant under chapter 6 or this chapter.

(3) Subsection (2) does not limit another ground for refusing the application under chapter 6 or this chapter.