Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) Proposed action under section 72 may be taken only if--
(a) the stated period under that section has ended; and
(b) either--
(i) the holder has not made an appropriate lease application under that section; or
(ii) any appropriate lease application under that section made by the holder has been refused; and
(c) the Minister has considered any submissions made by the holder within the period.
(2) If the Minister decides to take the proposed action, the Minister must give the holder an information notice about the decision.
(3) A decision to take the proposed action does not take effect until the end of the appeal period for the decision.
Notes--
1 Under this chapter, a geothermal lease can only be obtained for large-scale geothermal production. See section 77.
2 For the general requirement to have a geothermal tenure and the exceptions to the requirement, see section 327. In particular, section 327 only requires the holding of a geothermal lease for large-scale geothermal production.
3 Chapter 5 (Coordination with particular authorities under other resource Acts) imposes requirements for and restrictions on the granting of, and restrictions on authorised activities that may be carried out under, particular geothermal tenures. See section 134.