Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies only for a surrender application for an environmental authority (mining activities).
(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section does not apply for an application under section 269A.
(3) The administering authority may require the applicant to pay it a stated amount for the residual risks of the area the subject of the application.
(4) If a progressive certification has previously been given for a relevant mining tenement for the environmental authority, the administering authority must, in deciding to require the payment—
(a) confirm that the area still meets the criteria under section 266K against which it was certified; and
(b) take into account any previous payment for the progressive certification.
Editor's note—
See part 9A, division 2 (Payment for residual risks of rehabilitation).