Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to an application under section 176A to add excluded land to exploration permit for coal 545 (the excluded land application) whether the application was made before or after the commencement of this section.
(2) If—
(a) the excluded land application involves prescribed land under section 722D or 722E; and
(b) the prescribed persons have, under section 722D or 722E, applied for a mining lease in respect of the prescribed land;
the Minister need not decide the excluded land application, to the extent it relates to the prescribed land, until after the day each application for a mining lease in respect of the prescribed land has been finally decided.
(3) For this Act, if the Minister defers deciding a part of the excluded land application under subsection (2), the application is taken not to have been finally decided by the Minister until the day the Minister decides that part.
(4) In this section—
excluded land means—
(a) excluded land as defined under section 176A(5); or
(b) land that, under section 722B(7), is excluded land for section 176A.