Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 761

761 Additional condition for proposed development plan for mineral hydrocarbon mining lease

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the coal or oil shale mining lease is a mineral hydrocarbon mining lease; and

(b) the lease holder has, under section 758, lodged a proposed development plan for the lease; and

(c) the Minister is not satisfied as mentioned in section 760(1)(b).

(2) The Minister may, by written notice, require the holder to carry out further investigations and lodge a written report about the investigations within a stated reasonable period at—

(a) the office of the department for lodging the report, as stated in a gazette notice by the chief executive; or

(b) if no office is gazetted under paragraph (a)—the office of the chief executive.

(3) It is a condition of the lease that the holder must comply with the requirement.

(4) In this section—

"investigations" includes discussions with the holder of any petroleum authority the area of which is included in the area of the mineral hydrocarbon mining lease.