Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 798

798 Minister to decide particular applications for or about mining leases

(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the commencement, an application was made for—

(i) a mining lease under section 245; or

(ii) the renewal of a mining lease under section 286; or

(iii) the variation of conditions of a mining lease under section 294; or

(iv) the variation of a mining lease under section 295; or

(v) the consolidation of mining leases under section 299; or

(vi) a mining lease for the transportation of a thing through, over or under land under section 316; and

(b) the Governor in Council has not decided the application.

(2) The Minister must decide the application under—

(a) if the application is for a mining lease—new section 271A; or

(b) if the application is for the renewal of a mining lease†”section 286A, as amended under the amending Act; or

(c) if the application is for the variation of conditions of a mining lease†”section 294, as amended under the amending Act; or

(d) if the application is for the variation of a mining lease†”section 295, as amended under the amending Act; or

(e) if the application is for the consolidation of mining leases†”section 299, as amended under the amending Act; or

(f) if the application is for a mining lease for the transportation of a thing†”section 316, as amended under the amending Act.