Queensland Consolidated Acts

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 151

151 Application of Mineral Resources Act 1989

(1) To allay any doubt, it is declared that the Mineral Resources Act 1989 applies to transferable land as if it were a reserve within the meaning of that Act.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) , the Mineral Resources Act 1989 applies to Torres Strait Islander land that is or was transferred land as if it were a reserve, and the trustee of the land were the owner of the land, within the meaning of that Act.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to the Mineral Resources Act 1989 , sections 316 and 317 .

(4) The holder of a mining lease must, before making application for a mining lease under the Mineral Resources Act 1989 , section 316 or a variation of a mining lease under section 317 of that Act, consult and endeavour to reach agreement with the Torres Strait Islanders particularly concerned with the land in relation to which the application is to be made about the route of the proposed access over the land.

(5) Subsection (4) applies in relation to Torres Strait Islander land held by a registered native title body corporate as if the reference in the subsection to Torres Strait Islanders particularly concerned with the land were a reference to the registered native title body corporate that holds the land.