(1) This section
applies in relation to an application for—
(a) a
mining lease; or
(b) a
retention lease; or
(c) a
miscellaneous purposes licence.
(2) The Minister must,
in determining the terms and conditions subject to which a mineral tenement is
to be granted on an application to which this section applies, give proper
consideration to—
(a) any
aspect of the environment that may be affected by the conduct of
authorised operations under the tenement; and
(b) any
other lawful activities that may be affected by those authorised operations;
and
(c) any
Aboriginal sites or objects within the meaning of the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 that may be affected by those
authorised operations,
and may take into consideration such other factors or matters as the Minister
considers appropriate in the particular case.