Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 32

32 Notice of entry under parcel prospecting permit

(1) A parcel prospecting permit holder must give the owner of the land in the area of the permit notice of entry before initial entry is made under the permit.

(2) The notice must be given at least 5 business days before the intended entry (or a shorter time acceptable to the owner and endorsed on the notice).

(3) If the owner can not be easily contacted, the holder may notify the occupier of the land of the intended entry.

Examples of the owner not being easily contacted—

1 The owner does not live in Australia and there is no known current address for the owner.

2 The owner is travelling within Australia and there is no known current address for the owner.

(4) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a parcel prospecting permit holder if—

(a) the holder satisfies the chief executive it is impracticable to give either the owner or occupier notice of the intended entry; and

(b) the chief executive decides to not require the holder to give notice of the intended entry; and

(c) the chief executive’s decision is recorded in the register.

(5) Before recording the decision in the register, the chief executive may require the holder to take the action the chief executive considers appropriate to publicise the intended entry, including, for example, publishing an advertisement in a newspaper or other publication.