Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 318ELBS

318ELBS Condition to notify particular authority holders of proposed start of designated activities

(1) This section applies to a mining tenement holder if there is either of the following (the
"other authority" ) for the mining tenement—

(a) an overlapping authority (geothermal or GHG);

(b) a geothermal tenure or GHG authority sharing a common boundary with the mining tenement.

(2) Before the mining tenement holder first starts a designated activity in the other authority’s area, the mining tenement holder must give the other authority holder at least 30 business days notice of the activity.

(3) A notice under subsection (2) must be written and state—

(a) when the designated activity is to start; and

(b) where the designated activity is to be carried out; and

(c) the nature of the activity.

(4) Before changing the land on which the designated activity is being carried out, the mining tenement tenure holder must give the other authority holder at least 30 business days notice in writing stating where the activity is to be carried out.

(5) Compliance with this section is a condition of the mining tenement.

(6) In this section—

"designated activity" means any authorised activity for the mining tenement, other than—

(a) an authorised activity for the mining tenement that is the same as or similar to an incidental activity under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act , section 33 or 112 ; or

(b) an activity only involving selecting places where other authorised activities for the mining tenement may be carried out.