Queensland Numbered Acts

MINES LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 20 - SECT 163

(1) Section 91(2)—

renumber as section 91(4).

(2) Section 91(1)—

omit, insert—

'(1) The initial term of a mining claim is the period not greater than 5 years approved by the mining registrar, unless the claim is sooner terminated.

'(2) Despite subsection (1), the term of the mining claim must not be for a period longer than the period for which compensation has been agreed or determined under section 85 or 86.

'(3) The initial term of a mining claim commences on the first day of the month that next follows the day the mining claim is granted.'.