Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) An overlapping area is land that is the subject of both a column 1 resource authority and a corresponding column 2 resource authority for the column 1 resource authority.
(2) However, land is an overlapping area only if the column 1 resource authority was granted after the corresponding column 2 resource authority was granted.
(3) A reference to an overlapping area includes, if the circumstances permit, an area that will become an overlapping area when a column 1 resource authority that has been applied for is granted.
(4) Even if subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to make land an overlapping area, land is an overlapping area if it is the subject of both a coal resource authority and a petroleum resource authority.