Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) a person mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CC made an application for the grant of an ML (coal) that included the additional requirements mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CD; and
(b) the application was made but not decided before the commencement.
(2) The Mineral Resources Act applies to the circumstance of the ML (coal) overlapping a PL as if the Common Provisions Act had not been enacted.
(3) Despite subsection (2), the new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the ML (coal) overlapping a PL if—
(a) the ML (coal) holder and the PL holder agree that the new overlap provisions apply; and
(b) the ML (coal) holder and PL holder jointly give written notice to the chief executive of the agreement.
(4) In this section—
PL means a petroleum lease to which the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CC applies, if the petroleum lease authorises the production of coal seam gas.