Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may decide excluded land for an authority to prospect.
(2) However, the power under subsection (1) may be exercised only when the Minister is deciding whether to—
(a) grant or renew the authority; or
(b) approve any later work program for the authority.
(3) Also, excluded land—
(a) must be within the sub-blocks stated in the instrument for the authority; and
(b) can not be—
(i) a whole block; or
(ii) land in the area of another 1923 Act petroleum tenure.
(4) For subsection (3)(a), if the instrument—
(a) states that the authority's area includes land within a block; but
(b) does not include or exclude any particular sub-block within that block;
the reference to the block is a reference to all sub-blocks within the block, other than any sub-block that is completely within the area of another 1923 Act petroleum tenure or a 2004 Act petroleum tenure.
(5) Excluded land may be described in a way the Minister considers appropriate, including, for example, by area or by reference to a stated type of land.
(6) Land ceases to be excluded land for an authority to prospect if—
(a) the block in which the land is located is relinquished or, for any other reason, ceases to be in the area of the authority; or
(b) a lease under this Act or a 2004 Act lease is granted over any of the area of the authority and the land is excluded land for the lease.