Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES (COMMON PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 - SECT 232

232 Coal resource authority granted over existing PL

(1) If a coal resource authority, whenever granted, overlaps a PL that was granted before the commencement, the Mineral Resources Act applies to the circumstance of the coal resource authority overlapping the PL as if the Common Provisions Act had not been enacted.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of a coal resource authority overlapping a PL if—

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

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