Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 386L

386L Notice to progress relevant applications

(1) The Minister may by notice require an applicant for, or to renew, a relevant mining tenement to, within a stated reasonable period, do any thing required of the applicant under this Act or another Act to allow the application to be decided or the tenement to be granted or renewed.

(2) However, the period for complying with the notice must be at least 20 business days after the notice is given.

(3) The Minister may extend the period for complying with the notice.

(4) The Minister may reject the application if the applicant does not comply with the requirement.

(4A) This section does not apply in relation to an EP tender.

(5) In this section—

"relevant mining tenement" means a mining tenement other than a prospecting permit.