Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) a person mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318BO made an application for the grant of an ML (coal) that included the additional requirements mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318BP; and
(b) the application was made but not decided before the commencement.
(2) The new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the ML (coal) overlapping an ATP.
(3) For applying the requirement under the new overlap provisions to give an advance notice for the ML (coal), the application for the grant of the ML (coal) is taken to have been made on the commencement.
(4) The proposed mining commencement date for an IMA, despite section 115(2)(a) of the new overlap provisions, may be a date that is agreed by the ML (coal) holder and the ATP holder.
(5) In this section—
ATP means an authority to prospect to which the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318BO(1)(a) applies, if the intention of the holder is to explore and test for coal seam gas.