Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 760

760 Additional requirement for proposed development plan for mineral hydrocarbon mining lease

(1) If the coal or oil shale mining lease is a mineral hydrocarbon mining lease, a proposed development plan for the lease lodged under section 758 must—

(a) show that the lease holder proposes to commercialise coal seam gas; or

(b) include, or be accompanied by, evidence that satisfies the Minister that—

(i) the holder has fully investigated the opportunities to commercialise coal seam gas; and

(ii) there is no basis to commercialise coal seam gas.

(2) In this section—

"commercialise" , for coal seam gas, means to carry out commercial mining of coal seam gas under the rights for the lease under section 747(1).