MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 279A 279A Referral to Land Court of issue of compensation if not settled within 3 months after term of lease ends

Queensland Consolidated Acts

279A Referral to Land Court of issue of compensation if not settled within 3 months after term of lease ends

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) compensation is to be determined under section 279(1)(a) for the renewal of a mining lease; and

(b) the compensation is not determined within 3 months after the current term of the lease would, apart from section 286C, end.

(2) The mining registrar must refer the issue of compensation to the Land Court for its determination.

(3) The Land Court must fix a date for the hearing and immediately give written notice of the date to each of the following—

(a) the mining registrar;

(b) the applicant;

(c) each of the land owners involved in the determination under section 279(1).

(4) The date must be at least 20 business days after the day the Land Court fixes the date.

(5) The Land Court may hear and determine the matter as if the referral were an application made under section 281.