Queensland Numbered Acts

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 No. 31 - SECT 477

After section 185--

insert--

'If a condition of a 1923 Act petroleum tenure is inconsistent with a mandatory provision of the land access code, the mandatory provision prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

'(1) This section applies if immediately before the commencement of this section a compensation agreement under part 6K was in force.

'(2) On the commencement the agreement becomes a conduct and compensation agreement under part 6K, division 1.

'(1) This section applies to an entry notice for the carrying out of an authorised activity for a 1923 Act petroleum tenure if the notice complied with the entry notice requirements before the commencement of this section.

'(2) The notice continues, according to its terms, to be valid for the carrying out of the activity after the commencement even though the notice does not comply with all of the entry notice requirements from the commencement.

'(3) In this section--

entry notice requirements means the requirements under this Act relating to the giving of an entry notice.

'Until the Geothermal Energy Act 2010, chapter 9, part 1 commences, a reference in this Act to a geothermal tenure is taken to be a reference to a geothermal exploration permit.'.