Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An application for the grant of a mining lease shall—
(a) be in the approved form; and
(b) specify the name of each applicant; and
(c) specify the name and address for service of 1 person upon whom any notice may be served on behalf of the applicant or the applicants; and
(d) describe all parcels of land the whole or part of which are the subject of the application and specify the current use of the land and whether it is subject to erosion control works and the names and addresses of the owner or owners of the land and of land which is to be used as access thereto; and
(e) identify in the prescribed manner the boundaries of the land applied for; and
(f) identify in the prescribed manner the boundaries of any surface area of land within the boundaries described pursuant to paragraph (e) to be included in the mining lease and specify the purpose for which that area is to be used; and
(g) identify any improvements referred to in section 238(2) on land identified in the application as required by paragraph (f); and
(h) describe and identify in the prescribed manner any land proposed to be used as access from a point outside the boundary of the mining lease acceptable to the mining registrar to land over which the mining lease is sought; and
(i) give reasons why the mining lease should be granted in respect of the area and shape of the land described in the application; and
(j) be accompanied by a sketch, map or other graphic representation acceptable to the mining registrar setting out the boundaries of any land referred to in paragraphs (e), (f) and (h); and
(k) identify the mineral or minerals or purpose in respect of which the mining lease is sought; and
(l) nominate the term of the mining lease sought and give reasons therefor; and
(m) subject to section 247, be lodged by the applicant personally at the office of the mining registrar for the mining district in which is situated the land in respect of which the mining lease is sought during the hours prescribed for the conduct of business at that office; and
(o) be accompanied by—
(i) proof, to the mining registrar's satisfaction, of the applicant's identity; and
(ii) the number of additional copies of the application, and other documents lodged with the application, the mining registrar requires; and
(iii) a statement, acceptable to the mining registrar—
(A) outlining the mining program proposed, outlining its method of operation, and providing an indication of when operations are expected to start or, if a mining program is not proposed, outlining the use proposed for the land and providing an indication of when the proposed use is to start; and
(B) of proposals for infrastructure requirements necessary to enable the mining program to proceed, or additional activities to be carried on to work out the infrastructure requirements; and
(C) specifying the estimated human, technical and financial resources proposed to be committed to authorised activities for the mining lease during the term of the lease, if granted; and
(iv) a statement, acceptable to the mining registrar and separate from the statement mentioned in subparagraph (iii), detailing the applicant's financial and technical resources; and
(v) the application fee prescribed under a regulation.
(1A) However, subsection (1)(o)(iii)(A) does not apply if, under part 7AA, the application includes a proposed development plan that complies with the initial development plan requirements.
(2) The mining registrar shall not accept a mining program referred to in subsection (1)(o)(iii)(A) which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(m), an application is lodged personally if it is lodged by an individual who is—
(a) the applicant; or
(b) a person authorised in writing in that behalf by the applicant.
(4) The mining registrar must, within 5 business days after the application is lodged, give a copy of it to the EPA administering authority.
(5) Subsection (4) ceases to apply if the application is rejected under this section or section 250.