Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014
Queensland Mineral and Energy
Resources (Common Provisions) Act
2014 Current as at [Not applicable]
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Queensland Mineral and
Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014
Contents Chapter 1
Part
1 1 2 Part 2
3 4 5
6 7 Part 3
Division 1 8
Division 2 9
10 11 12
13 14 15
Chapter 2 Part 1
16 17 18
Page Preliminary Introduction Short title . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 13 Commencement . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 Purposes and application of Act
Main purposes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
How
main purposes are achieved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Act
binds all persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Relationship with
Resource Acts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reference to a
Resource Act
includes reference to this Act . . . .
16
Interpretation Dictionary Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Key
definitions What is a Resource Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What
is a resource authority
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What is the
authorised area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Who
is an owner of land and other things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
What is private
land .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
What
is public land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
What
is a public road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Dealings, caveats and associated
agreements Dealings
What
is a dealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Prescribed dealings require registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Prohibited dealings have no effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
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19 20 21
22 23 Part 2
24 25 26
27 28 29
30 31 Part 3
32 33 34
35 Chapter 3 Part 1
36 Part 2 Division 1
37 Division 2 38
39 40 41
42 Division 3 43
44 45 Division 4
Page
2 Application for Minister’s approval to
register dealing . . . . . . . . . 21
Unpaid royalties prevent transfer of
resource authority . . . . . . . . 22
Security may be required . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Effect of registration and Minister’s
approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23 Indication of Minister’s approval to
register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Caveats Definition for
pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Lodging of caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
Effect of lodging caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lapsing of caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Withdrawal or
removal of
caveat .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Recording of lapsing, withdrawal
or removal
of caveat
. . . . . . . .
27
Further caveat not available
to same
person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Compensation for
lodging caveat without
reasonable cause . . .
28
Associated agreements What is an
associated agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Recording associated agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Effect of recording associated agreements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Removing associated agreements from
register .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Land
access Land access codes Making of land access codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Private land Application
of pt
2 Application of
pt 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Entry for authorised activities and
access requires entry
notice Application
of div
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Obligation to give entry notice to owners and occupiers . . . . . . .
30
Exemptions
from obligations under
div 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Approval to give
entry notices
by publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Right to give
waiver of
entry notice
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Entry for advanced activities requires
agreement Carrying out
advanced activities on
private land
requires agreement 33 Deferral agreements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Right to elect to
opt out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Access to private land outside authorised area
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authorised
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Provisions) Act 2014 Contents Subdivision
1 46 Subdivision 2 47
48 49 50
51 Subdivision 3 52
53 Division 5 54
Division 6 55
Part
3 Division 1 56
57 58 59
60 Division 2 61
62 63 64
65 Part 4 Division 1
Subdivision 1 66 Subdivision
2 67
Application Application of
div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Access rights
and access agreements Limited access to private land outside
authorised area . . . . . . . 36
Owner or occupier must not unreasonably
refuse to make access agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37 Criteria for deciding whether access
is reasonable . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Additional topics for access agreements . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Other rights to grant entry not
affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 39 Land Court resolution
Power of Land Court to decide access
agreement .
. . . . . . . . . .
39
Power of Land Court to vary access agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Periodic report after entry of land
Report to owners and occupiers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Access to carry
out rehabilitation and
environmental management Right of access
for authorised activities
includes access for rehabilitation and
environmental management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 41 Public land Entry to public
lands and particular uses of public roads Application of
div 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 What is a
periodic entry notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 42 Entry
to public
land to
carry out
authorised activity is conditional 42 Conditions public land authority
may impose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Right to give
waiver of
entry notice
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Notifiable road use Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
What
is a notifiable road use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Use
of public roads for notifiable
road use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Directions about notifiable road
use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Exemptions
from div
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Restricted land Preliminary Application Application
of pt
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Interpretation Definitions for
pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
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What
is restricted land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 49 69 Who is a
relevant owner or occupier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 51 Division 2 Entry for
particular authorised activities requires consent
70 Consent required for entry on
restricted land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51 Division 3 Land court
declarations 72 Application to Land Court for declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
Part
5 Other resource authorities’ authorised areas 73 Application of
pt 5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
74 Definitions for pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
75 Access if
second resource authority is a lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
76 Access if second resource authority
is not
a lease
. . . . . . . . . . . 54
Part
6 Enduring effect of particular
agreements, notices and waivers 77 Access
agreements, entry notices and waivers not affected by dealing 54 78
Entry notice and waivers not affected by
change in ownership or occupancy .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
79 Written access agreement binds
successors and assigns
. . . . .
55
Part
7 Compensation and
negotiated access Division 1 Compensation
relating to
private and
public land 80 Application of
div 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 81
General liability to compensate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Division 2 Conduct and
compensation agreements Subdivision
1 Application
of division 82
Application
of div
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Subdivision 2 Making of conduct and compensation
agreement 83
Conduct and compensation agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Subdivision 2A Conferences
with an
authorised officer 83A Party may request
conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
83B Conduct of conference
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Subdivision 3 Negotiation
and ADR 84 Notice of intent
to negotiate
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
85 Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
86 No entry to land during minimum negotiation
period .
. . . . . . . . . 60
87 Cooling-off during minimum negotiation
period .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
88 Party
may seek ADR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
89 Conduct of ADR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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90 Non-attendance at ADR
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
62 91 Recovery of
negotiation and preparation costs . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 63 Subdivision 3A Arbitration 91A
Party may request arbitration
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63 91B Arbitrator’s
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 65 91C
Legal representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65
91D Application of Commercial
Arbitration Act 2013
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
65
91E Costs
of arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
91F Effect of arbitrator’s decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66
Subdivision 4 Recording particular agreements 92
Particular agreements to be recorded on titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Division 3 Compensation
for notifiable road
uses 93
Liability to compensate public road authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
94 Road compensation agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Division 4 Land Court jurisdiction Subdivision
1 Conduct and
compensation 96
Party may apply
to Land
Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
96A Applications may be heard together
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
96B Negotiation and preparation
costs .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
97 Orders Land
Court may
make .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Subdivision 2 Additional
jurisdiction 98
Additional jurisdiction for compensation,
conduct and
related matters 71
99 Jurisdiction to impose or vary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
99A Jurisdiction to decide alleged breach
of conduct
and compensation agreement . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 73 Subdivision 3 Compensation for
notifiable road use 100 Deciding compensation by Land Court .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Subdivision 4 Later review of
compensation by Land Court 101 Review of
compensation by Land Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 74 Division 5 Successors and
assigns 101A
Agreement
binding on
successors and assigns
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
101B Land Court decision binding
on successors
and assigns . . . . . . 76
101C Arbitrator’s decision binding on successors and
assigns . . . . . .
76
Chapter 4 Overlapping
coal and
petroleum resource authorities Part 1
Preliminary Division 1
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102 Division 2 103
104 105 106
107 Division 3 108
109 110 111
112 113 114
115 Division 4 117
Part
2 Division 1 118
119 Division 2 120
121 122 123
124 125 126
127 128 129
Division 3 130
Main
purposes of ch 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 77 Interpretation Definitions for
ch 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 78 What is an overlapping area
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83 What is an ML (coal) holder
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83 What is a PL holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Extended meaning
of ML
(coal)
and PL
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Other key provisions Purpose of div
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
What
is an initial mining area or IMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
What
is a future mining area or FMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
What
is a rolling mining area or RMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
What is a
simultaneous operations zone or SOZ . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
What
is sole occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
What
is joint occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
What
is the mining commencement date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Mandatory requirements Mandatory
requirements for participants .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88
Right of way for
coal Preliminary Definitions for
pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88
Table for pt
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sole
occupancy Sole occupancy of
IMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Advance
notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
18
months notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
90
Confirmation notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91
Sole occupancy
of RMA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91
RMA
notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91
Joint occupancy of SOZ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
92
Exceptional circumstances notice
may be
given by
petroleum resource authority
holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Acceleration notice may be given by ML
(coal) holder . . . . . . . . 94
Abandonment of sole occupancy of IMA or
RMA . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Joint development plan Requirement for
agreed joint development plan . . . . . . . . . . . . .
96 Page 6
131 132 133
134 135 Division 4
136 137 138
Part
3 139 140 141
142 142A 144
145 146 147
148 148A Part 4
149 150 Part 5
151 152 153
Part
6 Division 1 154
155 156 Mineral and
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Negotiation of agreed joint development plan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Consistency with development plans
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Amendment of agreed joint development
plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
98 Authorised activities allowed only if
consistent with agreed joint development
plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Condition of authorities . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Incidental coal seam gas Definitions for
div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Resource
optimisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 100 Right
of first
refusal .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
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100
Subsequent petroleum production Definitions for pt
3 .
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. 103 Table for pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Petroleum production notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Requirement for
agreed joint development
plan .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
104
Petroleum production notice given
more than
6 months
after advance notice . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 105 Negotiation of agreed joint
development plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Consistency of development plans
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Amendment of agreed joint development
plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
107 Authorised activities allowed only if
consistent with agreed joint development
plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
108
Condition of authorities . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Modification of particular provisions if
preferred tenderer appointed 109
Concurrent applications Concurrent
notice may be given by ATP holder . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 111 Requirements for
holder of
EP (coal) or MDL (coal) if concurrent
PL application . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 112 Adverse effects test
Table for pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113 Authorised activities allowed only if
no adverse effects . . . . . . . 114
Expedited land access for petroleum resource
authority holders 114 General
provisions Information
exchange Resource
authority holders must exchange
information . . . . . . . 115
Annual meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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158 159 160
Division 3 Subdivision
1 161
162 163 164
165 166 Subdivision
2 167
168 169 170
171 172 173
174 Division 4 175
176 177 178
179 180 181
182 183 Chapter 5
Part
1 Division 1 186
Page
8 Ministerial powers Requirement to
give copy of agreed joint development plan . . .
Amendment of agreed joint development
plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Request for information . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Right of
appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compensation Preliminary Definitions for
div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What
is lost production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What
is PL major gas infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What is PL minor
gas infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What is PL connecting infrastructure .
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major gas
infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liability to compensate Liability of ML
(coal)
holder to
compensate PL holder
. . . . . . . . Liability of ML (coal) holder to compensate ATP
holder . . . . . . . Meeting compensation liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Minimising compensation liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Offsetting of
compensation liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reconciliation payments and
replacement gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claiming compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Availability of dispute resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dispute resolution Application
of div
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Definitions for div 4
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Nomination of
arbitrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arbitrator’s functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expert appointed
by arbitrator .
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Application of
Commercial Arbitration Act
2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costs of arbitration
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Effect of arbitrator’s decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Copy
of award and reasons for
award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Applications and
other documents Processing
applications Preliminary Definitions for
pt 1
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187 Division 2 188
189 190 191
192 Division 3 193
Division 4 194
195 Part 2 196
Chapter 6 Part 1
197 198 199
200 201 Part 2
202 203 204
205 206 207
208 209 210
Chapter 7 Part 1
212 Part 2 213
Mineral and Energy Resources (Common
Provisions) Act 2014 Contents Application of
pt 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making, amending
and withdrawing applications Requirements for
applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Invalid applications . . . . . . . .
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Substantial compliance . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amending
applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Withdrawing applications .
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Directions about
applications Deciding
authority may make directions
about applications . . . .
Deciding applications Criteria for
considering applications
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Lodging
documents Lodging documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous Resource
authority register Register to be
kept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Access to register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arrangements with other departments for
copies from
register . Supply of
statistical data from register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chief executive may correct
register .
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. Other
provisions Practice manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fees—payment methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fees—evidence and timing of payment
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Chief executive may require
particular information .
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References to
right to
enter .
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Delegation of functions or
powers .
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. Functions or
powers carried out
through agents . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Approved forms .
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Act No.
47 of
2014 Preliminary Definitions for
ch 7
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Provisions for
dealings Incomplete
registration of dealings
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Part
3 217 218 219
220 221 222
223 223A 224
224A 225 226
227 228 228A
228B 228C 228D
228E 228F Part 4
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230 231 Page 10
Continuing effect of indicative approval . .
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Unrecorded associated agreements . . . . . .
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Transfer of matters to new register . . . .
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Provisions for land access
Definitions for pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Existing land access code
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Existing conduct and compensation
agreement requirements—carrying out authorised
activity within 600m of school or occupied residence 150
Existing entry notices . . . . . . . .
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151 Existing waiver of entry notices . . .
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Existing deferral agreements . . . . . . . .
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Existing access agreements
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152 Existing
consent given by reserve owner
to exploration permit
holder or mineral development licence
holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 152 Existing conditions imposed by public
land authority for entry to public land
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Continuing notifiable road use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Existing road use directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
155
Existing written consent to enter land given by second resource
authority holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
156
Existing conduct and compensation
agreements . . . . . . . . . . . .
156
Existing negotiations for conduct and
compensation agreement or deferral agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Existing road compensation agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
158
Existing requirements under Mineral
Resources Act to obtain written consent of owner to enter restricted
land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
Existing requirements under Geothermal
Act to
obtain written consent
of owner to carry
out authorised activities on
particular land . . . . .
159
Land access requirements
for particular applications under
Mineral Resources Act
not decided
before commencement . . . . . . . . . .
160
Land
access requirements for particular
applications under Geothermal Act not decided before
commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Land
access requirements for relevant
resource authorities applied
for before commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
162
Provisions for
overlapping coal and petroleum resource
authorities Preliminary Definitions for
pt 4
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Ch 4
definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Overlapping
resource authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
163
231A Division 1A 231B
Division 2 232
233 Division 2A 233A
Division 3 234
235 236 237
Division 4 238
240 Division 4A 241A
Division 5 242
243 Chapter 8 Part 1
244 Part 2 245
246 Schedule 1 1
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Provisions) Act 2014 Contents Existing
agreement between resource holders . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 163 Overlapping exploration resource
authorities Exploration resource authorities
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Resource authorities granted over existing
production resource authorities Coal resource
authority granted over existing PL . . . . . . . . . . . .
165 Petroleum resource authority granted
over existing ML (coal) . . 166
Existing applications under Mineral
Resources Act, chapter 6 Application for ML (coal) over land in
area of existing ATP . . . . . 167
Existing
applications under Mineral
Resources Act, chapter
8 Application
for ML
(coal)
over land
in area
of ATP
(without
consent) 168 Application for ML (coal) over land in area of ATP (with consent) 169 Application for
ML (coal) over land in area of PL (without consent) 170 Application for ML (coal) over land in area of PL (with consent) .
171
Existing
applications under P&G Act, chapter
3 Application
for PL
over land
in area
of coal
exploration authority 171 Application for PL over land in area of ML (coal)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Undecided ML
(coal)
and PL
applications Application
for ML
(coal)
and application for
PL both
undecided before commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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173 Modification of particular provisions
of Common Provisions Act for Surat Basin
area Application
of div
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Requirements
for advance
notice and
acceleration notice . . . . .
175
Further transitional provisions Transitional
provision for Land Access Ombudsman Act 2017 Provision inserted
into Act
prevails over provision
of transitional regulation . . .
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. . . . . . 176 Transitional provisions for Mineral,
Water and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2018 Election
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. 176 Recovery of particular negotiation and
preparation costs . . . . . . 177
Owners of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
179
Freehold land . . . . . . . .
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. 179 Deed
of grant
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Fee
simple being purchased from
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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6 7 8
9 10 11
12 13 Schedule 2
Busways, railways and other land used to
transport . . . . . . . . . . Forests and
quarry materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . Parks and reserves under the Nature
Conservation Act 1992 . . Wet
tropics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Trustee land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Educational institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other public lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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181 181 181 182
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182
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[s
1] Mineral and Energy Resources (Common
Provisions) Act 2014 An
Act to provide
for the first
step in creating
a simplified common framework
for managing resource authorities in order to optimise
development and use of Queensland’s mineral and energy
resources and
to manage overlapping coal
and petroleum resource authorities for coal
seam gas Chapter 1 Preliminary Part 1
Introduction 1
Short
title This Act may be cited as the
Mineral and Energy Resources
(Common Provisions) Act 2014
. 2 Commencement This Act
commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. Part 2
Purposes and application of
Act 3 Main
purposes The main purposes of this Act are—
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[s
4] (a) to consolidate particular provisions
common to each of the Resource Acts; and (b)
to
provide for particular common processes that apply to
resource authorities; and
(c) to manage
overlapping coal
and petroleum resource
authorities for coal seam gas; and
(d) to assist
in achieving the
purposes of
each of
the Resource Acts. 4
How
main purposes are achieved (1) The
main purposes
are achieved by
providing for
the following matters mainly in this Act,
rather than in each of the Resource Acts— (a)
dealings, caveats and associated
agreements; (b) land access; (c)
the
new framework for overlapping coal and petroleum
resource authorities for coal seam
gas; (d) the resource authority
register; (e) other miscellaneous matters.
(2) It is the intention of Parliament that
this Act be the first step towards the
replacement of
the Resource Acts
with a
simplified common framework that will apply
to all resource authorities. 5
Act
binds all persons (1) This Act binds all persons, including
the State and as far as the legislative power
of the Parliament permits,
the Commonwealth and the other
States. (2) Nothing in this Act makes the State,
the Commonwealth or another State
liable to
be prosecuted for
an offence against
this
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6] 6 Relationship with Resource Acts
(1) This Act is to be read and construed
with, and as if it formed part of, each Resource Act.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1), the
following principles apply—
(a) this Act is not intended to
exclude, limit or
otherwise affect the
operation of a Resource Act unless this Act otherwise
expressly provides; (b) a reference to ‘this Act’ in a
provision of a Resource Act relating
to any of
the following matters
includes a
reference to this Act— (i)
the functions or
powers of
an authorised officer
under a Resource Act, including, for
example, the power to give a compliance direction;
(ii) the
functions or
powers of
a Minister under
a Resource Act, including, for example,
the power to take noncompliance action;
(iii) proceedings for
an offence against a provision of a Resource
Act; (c) if the
context permits,
a reference to
‘this Act’
in a provision
of a Resource
Act, other
than a
provision mentioned in
paragraph (b), includes a reference to this Act.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2)(a),
this Act is not intended to exclude, limit
or otherwise affect the following unless this Act
otherwise expressly provides—
(a) the power
under a
Resource Act
to grant a
resource authority; (b)
the
carrying out of authorised activities for a resource
authority; (c)
the duties, obligations, requirements or
restrictions imposed on a
resource authority holder. Current as at [Not applicable]
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[s
7] (4) Despite subsections (2)(a) and (3), if
this Act is inconsistent with a
Resource Act,
this Act
prevails to
the extent of
the inconsistency. (5)
Without limiting subsection (1), (2), (3) or
(4)— (a) if a provision of this Act deals with
a particular matter and a provision of a Resource Act deals with
the same matter and
it is impossible to
comply with
both provisions, a
person must comply with the provision of this
Act and is
excused from
complying with
the provision of the Resource Act, to the
extent that it can not be complied with; and
(b) if a provision of this Act deals with
a particular matter and a provision of a Resource Act deals with
the same matter and it is possible to comply with
both provisions, a person must comply with both
provisions. 7 Reference to a Resource Act includes
reference to this Act If the context permits, a reference in
another Act or document to a Resource Act is taken to include
a reference to this Act. Part 3 Interpretation Division 1
Dictionary 8
Definitions The dictionary
in schedule 2 defines particular words used in this Act.
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Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014 Chapter 1
Preliminary [s 9] Key
definitions 9 What is a Resource
Act Each of the following is a
Resource Act —
(a) the Mineral Resources Act;
(b) the P&G Act; (c)
the
1923 Act; (d) the Geothermal Act;
(e) the Greenhouse Gas Act.
10 What is a resource
authority Each of the following is a
resource authority —
(a) any of the following under the Mineral
Resources Act— • a prospecting permit;
• a mining claim; •
an
exploration permit; • a mineral development licence;
• a mining lease; •
a
water monitoring authority; (b)
any
of the following under the P&G Act— •
an
authority to prospect; • a petroleum
lease; • a data acquisition authority;
• a water monitoring authority;
• a survey licence; •
a
pipeline licence; • a petroleum facility licence;
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[s
11] (c) any of the following under the 1923
Act— • an authority to prospect;
• a lease; •
a
water monitoring authority; (d)
any
of the following under the Geothermal Act— •
a
geothermal exploration permit; •
a
geothermal production lease; (e)
any
of the following under the Greenhouse Gas Act— •
a
GHG exploration permit; • a GHG injection
and storage lease; • a GHG
injection and
storage data
acquisition authority. 11
What
is the authorised area The
authorised area , for a resource
authority, means the area to which the resource authority
relates. 12 Who is an owner
of
land and other things (1) An
owner , of land, means
each person as stated in schedule 1 for the
land. (2) Also, a mortgagee of land is
the owner of land
if— (a) the mortgagee is acting as mortgagee
in possession of the land and has the exclusive management
and control of the land; or (b)
the
mortgagee, or a person appointed by the mortgagee,
is in possession of
the land and
has the exclusive
management and control of the land.
(3) If land or another thing has more than
1 owner, a reference in this Act to the owner of the land or
thing is a reference to each of its
owners. Page 18 Current as at
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13] 13 What is private
land (1) Private land is—
(a) freehold land; or (b)
an interest in
land less
than fee
simple held
from the
State under another Act. (2)
However, land is not private land to the
extent of an interest in any of the following relating to the
land— (a) a mining interest under the Mineral
Resources Act; (b) a petroleum authority under the
P&G Act or 1923 Act petroleum tenure under the 1923
Act; (c) a geothermal tenure under the
Geothermal Act; (d) a GHG authority under the Greenhouse
Gas Act; (e) an occupation right under a permit
under the Land Act 1994
. (3) Also,
land owned
by a public
land authority
is not private
land. 14
What
is public land (1)
Public land is any land
other than— (a) private land; or (b)
to
the extent an interest in any of the following relates to
the
land— (i) a mining interest under the Mineral
Resources Act; (ii) a petroleum
authority under the P&G Act or 1923 Act petroleum
tenure under the 1923 Act; (iii) a GHG authority
under the Greenhouse Gas Act; (iv)
a
geothermal tenure under the Geothermal Act; (v)
an
occupation right under a permit under the Land
Act
1994 . (2) Public
land includes a public road. Current as at
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What
is a public road A
public road is an area of
land that— (a) is open to or used by the public;
and (b) is developed for or has as 1 of its
main uses— (i) the driving or riding of motor
vehicles; or (ii) pedestrian
traffic; and (c) is controlled by a public road
authority. Examples of an area of land that may be
included in a road— • a bridge, culvert, ford, tunnel or
viaduct • a pedestrian or bicycle path
Chapter 2 Dealings,
caveats and associated agreements Part 1
Dealings 16
What
is a dealing A
dealing , in relation to
a resource authority, is— (a) any transaction
or arrangement that causes the creation, variation,
transfer or extinguishment of an interest in the
resource authority; or (b)
another transaction or
arrangement, prescribed by
regulation, that affects the resource
authority. 17 Prescribed dealings require
registration (1) A regulation may
prescribe the
dealings with
a resource authority (each
a prescribed dealing ) that must be
registered under this part to have effect.
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Provisions) Act 2014 Chapter 2 Dealings, caveats and
associated agreements [s 18] (2)
A prescribed dealing
must not
be registered without
the Minister’s approval.
(3) A prescribed dealing
has no effect
unless, and
until, it
is registered under this part.
18 Prohibited dealings have no
effect (1) The following
dealings with
a resource authority
are prohibited— (a)
a dealing with
a resource authority
that transfers
a divided part
of the authorised area
for the resource
authority, unless the dealing is—
(i) a sublease of a resource authority
that is a lease; or (ii) a transfer of a
sublease mentioned in subparagraph (i) or of a
share in the sublease; (b) a
dealing with
a resource authority
prescribed by
regulation as prohibited.
(2) A dealing
with a
resource authority
prohibited under
subsection (1) must not be registered under
this part and has no effect. 19
Application for Minister’s approval to
register dealing (1) The ordinary
rule is that the following entities may apply
to the Minister for approval to register a
prescribed dealing— (a) the affected resource authority
holder; (b) any other
entity with
the affected resource
authority holder’s
consent. (2) However, if a prescribed dealing is
required to be executed because of the operation of a law, a
regulation may change the ordinary rule by prescribing the
following— (a) who may or must make the
application; (b) the period within which the
application must be made. Current as at [Not applicable]
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associated agreements [s 20] Example of
dealing required to be executed because of the operation of
a law— the transfer of
an interest in a resource authority because of the death of
the
resource authority holder (3) Chapter 5, part
1 applies for processing the application, and the Minister
must decide to either refuse to give the approval
or
give the approval with or without conditions. Note—
See
section 23 if the approval relates to a prescribed dealing for
which an indicative approval has been given under
that section. (4) In this section— affected
resource authority holder means— (a)
for a prescribed dealing
affecting the
whole of
a resource authority—the holder of the
resource authority; or (b) for a prescribed
dealing affecting a share in a resource authority—the
holder of the share. 20 Unpaid royalties prevent transfer of
resource authority (1) This section applies if a prescribed
dealing is a transfer of a resource authority or of a share in a
resource authority. (2) However, this section does not apply
if— (a) the share in the resource authority is
being transferred to a person
who already holds
a share in
the resource authority;
and (b) the person
transferring the
share continues, after
the transfer, to hold a share in the
resource authority. (3) The Minister
must not
give an
approval under
section 19 while
any royalty payable
by the holder
of the resource
authority remains unpaid.
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associated agreements [s 21] 21
Security may be required (1)
This
section applies if a prescribed dealing is a transfer of a
resource authority or of a share in a
resource authority. (2) As a
condition of
deciding to
give an
approval under
section 19, the Minister may require the
proposed transferee to give the State security for the resource
authority. (3) The provisions of
the relevant Resource
Act for giving
security for the type of resource authority
are taken to apply to the proposed transferee and the
security as if the security were given under
those provisions. Examples of the provisions of the relevant
Resource Act— • For the Geothermal Act, see chapter 6,
part 4. • For the Greenhouse Gas Act, see
chapter 5, part 6. • For the Mineral Resources Act, see
sections 83, 144, 190 and 277. •
For
the 1923 Act, see part 6G. • For the P&G
Act, see chapter 5, part 1. 22 Effect of
registration and Minister’s approval The
registration of
a prescribed dealing,
or the Minister’s approval to
register the dealing under section 19, allows the
dealing to have effect according to its
terms but does not of itself give the dealing any more
effect or validity than it would otherwise
have. 23 Indication of Minister’s approval to
register (1) This section applies for a proposed
prescribed dealing. (2) The prescribed applicant for the
proposed prescribed dealing may apply to the
Minister for an indication of (an indicative approval
)— (a) whether the
Minister is likely to give approval to register the proposed
prescribed dealing; and (b) what, if any,
conditions are likely to be imposed by the Minister.
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(3) Chapter 5, part 1 applies for
processing the application, and the Minister
must decide to either refuse to give the indicative
approval or
give the
indicative approval
with or
without conditions. (4)
Subsection (5) applies if—
(a) the indicative approval indicates the
Minister will give approval to
register the
proposed prescribed dealing;
and (b) within
the prescribed period,
the prescribed applicant
applies to the Minister under section 19 for
approval to register the proposed prescribed
dealing. (5) The Minister must grant the approval
in accordance with the indicative approval unless—
(a) the proposed
prescribed dealing
is a transfer
of the resource
authority and
the proposed transferee is
not eligible to be a resource authority
holder under this Act or the relevant Resource Act;
or (b) the application for
the indicative approval
contained incorrect
material information or
omitted material
information and,
had the Minister
been aware
of the discrepancy, the
Minister would
not have given
the indicative approval; or
(c) preconditions for the indicative
approval have not been complied with. (6)
To remove any
doubt, it
is declared that
granting of
the approval is subject to sections 20 and
21. (7) In this section— preconditions ,
for an indicative approval,
means conditions imposed
on the approval
under this
section that
must be
complied with
before a
related application is
made for
approval under section 19.
prescribed applicant
, for a
proposed prescribed dealing,
means the entity that may, under section
19(1) or (2), apply for approval to register the dealing.
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2 Mineral and Energy Resources (Common
Provisions) Act 2014 Chapter 2 Dealings, caveats and
associated agreements [s 24] Caveats
24 Definition for pt 2
In
this part— affected resource authority
,
for a caveat, means the resource authority over
which the caveat is lodged. 25 Lodging of
caveat (1) A person
claiming an
interest in
a resource authority
may lodge a caveat over the resource
authority if the caveat— (a) complies with
the prescribed requirements for it; and (b)
is
not a prohibited caveat; and (c)
is
accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation.
(2) On receipt of the caveat, the chief
executive must— (a) record its existence in the register;
and (b) notify each holder of the affected
resource authority of the receipt of the caveat; and
(c) notify all other persons who have a
registered interest in the resource authority, and any
subsisting prior caveator, of the receipt of the caveat.
(3) A caveat has no effect for this Act
if— (a) it does not comply with the prescribed
requirements for it; or (b)
it
is a prohibited caveat. (4) In this
section— prohibited caveat
means a
caveat of
a type, prescribed by
regulation, that can not be lodged.
registered interest , in a resource
authority, means an interest in the resource
authority recorded in the register. Current as at
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Effect of lodging caveat (1)
Until a caveat lapses, is withdrawn or is
removed, the caveat prevents registration of
a dealing in
relation to
the affected resource
authority from
the date and
time endorsed
by the chief executive
on the caveat as the caveat’s date and time of lodgement. (2)
However— (a)
lodgement of a caveat does not prevent
registration of an instrument of a type prescribed by
regulation; and (b) if a
caveat is
lodged over
only a
share in
a resource authority, lodgement
of the caveat
does not
prevent registration of
a dealing in relation to the other shares in the resource
authority. (3) A caveat does not create an interest
in the affected resource authority. 27
Lapsing of caveat (1)
A
caveat lapses— (a) for a
caveat for
which there
was consent—at the
expiration of the term, if any, stated in
the caveat; or (b) for a caveat for which there was no
consent— (i) if an order of the Land Court is in
force in relation to the caveat—at the expiration of the
order; or (ii) otherwise—at the
expiration of 3 months after the date of
lodgement of the caveat or a shorter term stated in the
caveat. (2) If there was consent to a caveat and
the caveat does not state a term
for which it
continues, the
caveat continues
until it
is withdrawn or removed.
(3) There is consent to a caveat only if
each holder of the affected resource
authority has
consented to
the lodgement of
the caveat and the consent is lodged
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Withdrawal or removal of caveat
(1) The caveator
for a caveat
may withdraw the
caveat by
notifying the chief executive in
writing. (2) Either of the following persons may
apply to the Land Court for an order that a caveat be
removed— (a) a person
who has a
right or
interest (present
or prospective) in the affected resource
authority; (b) a person
whose right
(present or
prospective) to
deal with
the affected resource
authority is
affected by
the caveat. Note—
See
the Land Court Rules 2000 for how to make
an application to the Land Court. (3)
The
Land Court may make the order— (a)
whether or
not the caveator
has been served
with the
application; and (b)
on
the terms it considers appropriate. 29
Recording of lapsing, withdrawal or removal
of caveat As soon as practicable after a caveat
lapses, is withdrawn or is ordered to
be removed, the
chief executive
must record the
lapse, withdrawal or removal in the
register. 30 Further caveat not available to same
person (1) This section applies if a caveat
(the original caveat ) is
lodged over an interest in an affected resource
authority. (2) A further
caveat with
the same caveator
can not be
lodged over
the interest on
the same, or
substantially the
same, grounds as those
stated in the original caveat unless— (a)
the consent of
each holder
of the affected
resource