Queensland Numbered Acts

MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES (COMMON PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 No. 47 - SECT 240

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person mentioned in the pre-amended P&G Act, section 344 made an application for the grant of a PL that included the additional requirements mentioned in the pre-amended P&G Act, section 345; and

(b) the application was made but not decided before the commencement.

(2) The P&G Act applies to the circumstance of the PL overlapping an ML (coal) as if the Common Provisions Act had not been enacted.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the PL overlapping an ML (coal) if—

(a) the PL holder and the ML (coal) holder agree that the new overlap provisions apply; and

(b) the PL holder and the ML (coal) holder jointly give written notice to the chief executive of the agreement.

(4) In this section—

ML (coal) means a mining lease granted for coal, to which the pre-amended P&G Act, section 344 applies.