Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 855

855 Limitation on applications to vary conditions of exploration permit

(1) This section applies to an exploration permit in force on the commencement.

(2) Former section 141C continues to apply in relation to an application for a variation of the conditions of the exploration permit made during the current term of the permit, as if new section 141C had not commenced.

(3) New section 141C applies in relation to an application for a variation of the conditions of the exploration permit made after the end of the current term of the permit.

(3A) However—

(a) if an application mentioned in subsection (2), made before the commencement, is related to a reduction in the area of the permit, the application is taken to be withdrawn and section 857 applies in relation to the permit; and

(b) if an application mentioned in subsection (2) or (3), made after the commencement, is related to a reduction in the area of the permit, the application is invalid and section 857 applies in relation to the permit.

(4) In this section—

"current term" , of an exploration permit, means the term—

(a) starting before the commencement; and

(b) ending when the permit is first renewed after the commencement.