Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct a mining tenement holder from—
(a) entering or crossing land to carry out an authorised activity for the mining tenement if schedule 1, parts 2 to 6, to the extent the parts are relevant, have been complied with in relation to the entry; or
(b) carrying out an authorised activity for the mining tenement on the land.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(2) If a person has obstructed a mining tenement holder from carrying out an activity mentioned in subsection (1) and the holder decides to proceed with the carrying out of the activity, the holder must warn the person that—
(a) it is an offence to obstruct the holder unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
(b) the holder considers the person's conduct is an obstruction.
(3) In this section—
obstruct includes assault, hinder, resist and attempt or threaten to assault, hinder or resist.