Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A rolling mining area, or RMA, is an area in an overlapping area, identified in a joint development plan for the overlapping area, for which an ML (coal) holder to which the plan applies requires sole occupancy to carry out authorised activities for the ML (coal).
(2) The total area that may be identified as an RMA is the minimum area that is reasonably considered to be required for 1 year of safe mining.
(3) An RMA must be within an FMA.
(4) Each RMA must be considered on a sequential, year by year basis.
(5) An RMA for a particular year must not be more than 10% of the total of the areas that are an IMA or FMA in the overlapping area.