Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 4B

4B Notice to local government and chief executive (planning) of particular mining tenements

(1) This section applies if a mining claim, mineral development licence or mining lease (the
"mining tenement" ) is granted or renewed.

(2) The chief executive must give notice of the mining tenement to—

(a) each local government in whose area the area of the tenement is situated; and

(b) the chief executive (planning).

(3) An entity given a notice under subsection (2) must make a note on each relevant map in the local government’s planning scheme held by the entity.

(4) The note must—

(a) identify the area of the mining tenement; and

(b) state that the Planning Act does not apply to development in the area authorised under this Act, other than development on a Queensland heritage place under the Heritage Act ; and

(c) state that interested persons may obtain details of the mining tenement from the chief executive of the department in which this Act is administered.

(5) In this section—

"chief executive (planning)" means the chief executive of the department in which the Planning Act is administered.