Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) The Minister may give the geothermal permit holder a notice stating the following--
(a) that the Minister proposes to do either of the following, (the proposed action) unless the holder has made an appropriate lease application--
(i) excise a stated area from the area of the geothermal permit;
(ii) cancel the geothermal permit;
(b) the grounds for the proposed action;
(c) the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;
(d) that the holder may, within a stated period, make submissions to the Minister about why the holder should not make a geothermal lease application under chapter 3, part 2 for the stated area.
(2) The stated period must be reasonable but must not be more than 6 months.
(3) In this section--
appropriate lease application means a geothermal lease application for--
(a) the stated area or an area that is substantially the same as the stated area; or
(b) another area the Minister reasonably considers will effectively allow the holder to carry out authorised activities for a geothermal lease in relation to the stated area.