Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 55

55 Restriction upon number of mining claims

(1) A person shall not at any time be the holder of or have an interest, direct or indirect, in more than 2 mining claims.

(2) The Minister may call upon a person to show cause why a mining claim or interest held by that person in contravention of subsection (1) should not be cancelled.

(3) If the Minister is not satisfied that there is good reason why the Minister should not do so, the Minister may cancel the mining claim or interest.

(4) Where, pursuant to subsection (3) an interest only in a mining claim is cancelled, each holder of any other interest in the mining claim shall hold an interest in the mining claim in the same proportion that the holder’s original interest bears to the aggregate of the remaining interests.