Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who holds a mining tenement other than a prospecting permit may apply to include in the land to which the mining tenement applies (the mining tenement land), land—
(a) that is, or was, either—
(i) a proposed wild river area; or
(ii) a wild river area; and
(b) that adjoins the mining tenement land; and
(c) that is within the boundary of the land to which the original application for the mining tenement related.
(2) An application under this section must be made and dealt with as if it were an application under this Act for the type of mining tenement held.
(3) However, if the application is for a mining claim or a mining lease—
(a) the posting of a copy of a certificate of public notice on a conspicuous part of the land to which the application relates is sufficient compliance with a requirement of this Act to post a copy of the certificate on the datum post of the land; and
(b) the certificate of application and the certificate of public notice must state, as the number of the proposed mining claim or mining lease, the number of the existing mining claim or mining lease, together with the words 'addition of wild river area'.
(4) Within 5 business days after the application is decided, the mining registrar must—
(a) notify the EPA administering authority and the mining tenement holder of the decision; and
(b) if the application is approved—
(i) amend the mining tenement to give effect to the approval; and
(ii) record particulars of the approval in the appropriate register.
(5) This section does not affect the application of sections 383 and 384.