Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A mineral development licence or a mining lease granted before the commencement of this section wholly or partly in respect of relevant land for an exploration permit is taken to have been validly granted.
(2) An application for a mineral development licence or a mining lease to the extent the application is in respect of relevant land for an exploration permit is taken to have been validly made if the application—
(a) was lodged before the commencement of this section; and
(b) would have complied with the Act in all respects if the relevant land had not been excluded from the exploration permit.
(3) In this section—
relevant land, for an exploration permit, means land that was excluded under a condition of the permit to the effect that land subject to native title is excluded from the permit.