Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section imposes an obligation on a geothermal lease holder to give the Minister a proposed later development plan for the lease.
(2) The obligation is complied with only if the proposed later development plan--
(a) complies with the later development plan requirements; and
(b) is accompanied by the relevant fee.
(3) The Minister must be given a proposed later development plan--
(a) at least 40 but no more than 100 business days before the end of the plan period for the current development plan for the lease (the current plan period); or
(b) as soon as practicable after the holder proposes or becomes aware of a significant change to the nature and extent of an authorised activity that is not already dealt with under the geothermal lease's current development plan.
(4) However, if before the end of the current plan period a decision is made to refuse to approve a proposed later development plan given under subsection (3), the holder may within the period give the Minister another proposed later development plan.
(5) If the holder does not give the Minister any proposed later development plan before the end of the current plan period, or if subsection (4) applies and the holder does not give the Minister another proposed later development plan within the current plan period--
(a) the Minister must give the holder a notice requiring the holder to give the Minister a proposed later development plan for the geothermal lease within 40 business days after the giving of the notice; and
(b) the holder must comply with the requirement.
(6) In this section--
relevant fee, for the giving of the proposed plan, means--
(a) if the proposed plan is given within the time required under subsection (3)--the fee prescribed under a regulation; or
(b) if the proposed plan is given after the time required under subsection (3) and--
(i) if it is given under subsection (4)--nil; or
(ii) if it is not given under subsection (4)--an amount that is 10 times the prescribed fee.