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MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES (COMMON PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 No. 47 - SECT 68

68 What is restricted land

(1) Restricted land, for a resource authority—

(a) means land within a prescribed distance of any of the following—
(i) a permanent building used for any of the following purposes—
(A) a residence;
(B) a place of worship;
(C) a childcare centre, hospital or library;
(ii) an area used for any of the following purposes—
(A) a school;
(B) a cemetery or burial place;
(C) aquaculture, intensive animal feedlotting, pig keeping or poultry farming within the meaning of the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008 , schedule 2, part 1;
(iii) a building used for a business or other purpose if it is reasonably considered that—
(A) the building can not be easily relocated; and
(B) the building can not co-exist with authorised activities carried out under resource authorities;
(iv) an area, building or structure prescribed by regulation; and
(b) does not include land within a prescribed distance of an area, building or structure prescribed by regulation.

(2) However, despite subsection (1)(a), land is only restricted land for a production resource authority if the use of the area, building or structure mentioned in the subsection started before the application for the resource authority was made.

(3) In this section—

place of worship means a place used for the public religious activities of a religious association, including, for example, the charitable, educational and social activities of the association.

production resource authority means a resource authority that is—

(a) any of the following under the Mineral Resources Act—
* a mining claim;
* a mining lease; or
(b) any of the following under the P&G Act—
* a petroleum lease;
* a pipeline licence;
* a petroleum facility licence; or
(c) a lease under the 1923 Act; or
(d) a geothermal production lease under the Geothermal Act; or
(e) a GHG injection and storage lease under the Greenhouse Gas Act.

residence does not include accommodation for non-resident workers.

Examples of accommodation for non-resident workers—
accommodation for shearers or seasonal fruit pickers


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