Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 334ZF

334ZF Persons who may apply for, or be granted, a mining tenement for particular land in the area of SL12/42239

(1) For the prescribed period—

(a) a mining lease in respect of all or any of the prescribed land can only be applied for by, or granted to, the prescribed persons; and

(b) no other mining tenement in respect of all or any of the prescribed land can be applied for by, or granted to, anyone.

(2) Subsection (1) (a) applies despite section 232 .

(3) For subsection (1) , the prescribed period is the period of 1 year starting on the commencement day or, if an extension is granted under subsection (4) , the extended period.

(4) Before the prescribed period ends, the Minister may grant an extension of the period if the prescribed persons wish to make an application mentioned in subsection (1) (a) and the Minister is satisfied that, in all the circumstances, there are good reasons why the application has not been made by that time.

(5) As soon as practicable after granting an extension under subsection (4) , the Minister must publish a gazette notice stating the extended period.

(6) The prescribed persons are eligible persons for section 233 .

(7) In this section—

"prescribed land" means land that, as at the beginning of 14 April 2008—

(a) was in the area of special lease 12/42239 (title reference 17560077); and

(b) was—

(i) the subject of exploration permit for coal 545; or

(ii) neither in the area of a mining tenement nor the subject of a current application for a mining tenement.