Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) If the Minister decides to grant the applicant a geothermal lease, the Minister must decide its provisions and grant the applicant the lease.
(2) The lease must state its term and area.
(3) The term must end no later than 30 years after the lease takes effect.
(4) The area must comply with chapter 6, part 1.
(5) The geothermal lease may also state--
(a) conditions or other provisions of the lease, other than conditions or provisions that are--
(i) inconsistent with the mandatory conditions for geothermal leases; or
(ii) the same as, or substantially the same as, or inconsistent with, any relevant environmental condition for the lease; and
(b) a day for the lease to take effect; and
(c) a day by which geothermal production under the lease is to start (the production commencement day).
(6) However, the provisions of the lease may exclude or restrict the carrying out of an authorised activity for the lease.
(7) The day the lease takes effect can not be before the day it is granted.
(8) If no day of effect is stated, the lease takes effect on the day after it is granted.
(9) In deciding the provisions of the lease, the Minister must consider the development plan criteria and capability criteria.
(10) This section applies subject to section 83.