Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The applicant for the grant of a mineral development licence may, at any time before the grant of the mineral development licence, by notice in writing to the mining registrar abandon the application in relation to all or part of the land to which it relates.
(2) The abandonment of an application for the grant of a mineral development licence shall take effect on the day next following its receipt by the mining registrar.
(2A) If the application is abandoned in relation to part only of the land to which it relates, the application must be amended to identify the area in relation to which the application is to remain in force (the remaining area).
(2B) The remaining area must be identified in the way required under section 183(1)(d) and (e).
(3) The mining registrar must, within 5 business days after the abandonment, give the EPA administering authority written notice of the abandonment.
(4) Upon the abandonment of an application for the grant of a mineral development licence, the Minister, at the Minister's discretion, may retain the whole or part of the application fee.
(5) Upon the abandonment of an application for the grant of a mineral development licence taking effect the land that ceases to be comprised in that application shall form part of any existing exploration permit or mineral development licence over that land of which the applicant is holder.