Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The inclusion of land in a recreation area does not prevent a person from obtaining a mining interest over the land if the person could otherwise have obtained the interest.
(2) Also, this Act does not operate to restrict the entry of a person on land in a recreation area under the authority of a mining interest over the land.
(3) In this section—
mining interest includes—
(a) a prospecting permit or an exploration permit under the Mineral Resources Act 1989; and
(b) an authority to prospect under the Petroleum Act 1923; and
(c) an authority of a type mentioned in the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, section 18.