Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a properly made objection to an application for the grant of a mining claim is lodged.
(2) The mining registrar must, within 5 business days after the later of the following, refer the application and all properly made objections to it to the Land Court for hearing—
(a) the last objection day for the application;
(b) if an objection is lodged after the last objection day under section 71(2)—the time for lodging an objection under that subsection ends.
(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 person who has lodged a properly made objection to the application.
(4) The hearing date must be at least 20 business days after the later of the following—
(a) the last objection day for the application;
(b) the day a section 65 conference about the application ends.
(5) If the Land Court fixes a date for the hearing and all properly made objections are withdrawn before the hearing starts, the Land Court may remit the matter to the mining registrar.
(6) In this section—
properly made objection means an objection lodged as required under section 71(1) to (3) and for which section 71(4) has been complied with.