Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 796

796 Existing applications for mining lease if no referral to Land Court

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

(a) an application for a mining lease was made, but not decided, under part 7; and

(b) the application was not referred to the Land Court under section 265; and

(c) 1 or more of the following apply—

(i) there are no properly made objections to the application;

(ii) all properly made objections to the application are withdrawn;

(iii) the applicant abandons the application.

(2) The application may—

(a) be dealt with under section 271; or

(b) if the application for a mining lease has been abandoned—be dealt with under section 307.

(3) In this section—

"properly made objection" has the meaning given by former section 265.