Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 745

745 Application of pt 7AA

(1) This section applies if, before the commencement—

(a) a coal or oil shale mining lease application was made; and

(b) a recommendation about the application had not been made to the Governor in Council under section 271(3)(a)(i); and

(c) the land the subject of the application is in the area of a petroleum tenure.

(2) Part 7AA applies to the application.

(3) The application may be decided only if the provisions of part 7AA, to the extent they are relevant, have been complied with.

(4) However, subsections (2) and (3) are subject to sections 307 and 392.