Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 403

403 Offences regarding land subject to mining claim or mining lease

(1) A person shall not—

(a) enter or be upon land; or

(b) use or occupy land; or

(c) erect any building or structure on or make any other improvement to land;

that is the subject of a mining claim or the surface area of a mining lease unless—

(d) the person is authorised by or under this Act, any other Act relating to mining, the GHG storage Act or the Geothermal Act in that regard; or

(e) the person is the owner of the land or is authorised in that behalf by the owner and, in either case, the person has the consent of the holder of the mining claim or, as the case may be, mining lease.

Note—

This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 412A .

(2) Subsection (1) (a) shall not operate to prevent a police officer or an inspector or other person appointed or authorised under any Act or law to enter land for the purpose of carrying out duties from so entering and carrying out those duties.