Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 386R

386R Required way for defining boundary of proposed mining tenement

(1) This section applies if a provision about an application for the grant of a mining tenement requires the application to define the boundary of the area of the proposed tenement or another area of land.

(2) The boundary must be defined in a way that, in the chief executive’s opinion—

(a) is unambiguous; and

(b) accurately shows where the boundary is located on the ground or allows the boundary’s location on the ground to be accurately worked out.

Examples of ways the boundary of a proposed mining tenement may be defined—

• a way stated in a guideline under the practice manual

• using GPS coordinates

• visually, by marking the boundary on a map or aerial photograph

• by reference to identifiable points of reference such as known survey marks, infrastructure or the boundaries of lots or other mining tenements, watercourses or roads

(3) Without limiting subsection (2) , the boundary may, but need not, be defined by reference to 1 or more physical monuments.

(4) Also, if the chief executive has given the applicant a notice under section 386J or a notice applying to the application has been published under section 386S , the boundary must be defined in the way stated in the notice.