{"id":"tas:act-2026-003","name":"Grange Resources (Tasmania) Pty Ltd (Alternative Application Period) Act 2026","slug":"grange-resources-tasmania-pty-ltd-alternative-application-period-act-2026","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"3 of 2026","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":469155,"registerId":"tas-tas:act-2026-003-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-06-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> This Act may be cited as the [Grange Resources (Tasmania) Pty Ltd (Alternative Application Period) Act 2026](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-2026-003) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Act","content":"### 3 Application of Act\n\n> > (1)  In this section –\n> > \n> > > ***register*** means the mining register kept in accordance with [section 192 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1995-116#GS192@EN) [Mineral Resources Development Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1995-116) .\n> \n> > (2)  This Act applies to the following mining leases held by Grange Resources (Tasmania) Pty Ltd (ACN 073 634 581):\n> > \n> > > > (a) the lease identified on the register by the number 2M/2001;\n> > > \n> > > > (b) the lease identified on the register by the number 11M/2008;\n> > > \n> > > > (c) the lease identified on the register by the number 14M/2007;\n> > > \n> > > > (d) the lease identified on the register by the number 4M/2019.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for renewal of mining lease","content":"### 4 Application for renewal of mining lease\n\n> Despite [section 96(1) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1995-116#GS96@Gs1@EN) [Mineral Resources Development Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1995-116) , the lessee in respect of a mining lease to which this Act applies may apply to the Minister for a renewal of that lease, as in force on the day on which this Act commences, at any time before that lease ceases to be in force.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Renewal of mining lease","content":"### 5 Renewal of mining lease\n\n> Despite [section 98(2) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1995-116#GS98@Gs2@EN) [Mineral Resources Development Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1995-116) , if an application, made under [section 4](#GS4@EN) , to renew a mining lease to which this Act applies, is granted, the period referred to in [section 98(1) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1995-116#GS98@Gs1@EN) [Mineral Resources Development Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1995-116) in respect of that lease renewal commences on the day on which the application in relation to that lease is granted.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Provisions of  Mineral Resources Development Act 1995  to apply","content":"### 6 Provisions of  Mineral Resources Development Act 1995  to apply\n\n> For the avoidance of doubt, subject to [sections 4](#GS4@EN) and [5](#GS5@EN) , all other relevant provisions of the [Mineral Resources Development Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1995-116) continue to apply in respect of a mining lease to which this Act applies.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Administration of Act","content":"### 7 Administration of Act\n\n> Until provision is made in relation to this Act by order under [section 4 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1990-004#GS4@EN) [Administrative Arrangements Act 1990](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/act-1990-004)  –\n> \n> > > (a) the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for Business, Industry and Resources; and\n> > \n> > > (b) the department responsible to that Minister in relation to the administration of this Act is the Department of State Growth.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Repeal of Act","content":"### 8 Repeal of Act\n\n> This Act is repealed on 7 August 2031.","sortOrder":7}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Not enough information in the supplied text to determine whether the Act changes scope from its original purpose. The title indicates a narrowly focused measure limited to an alternative application period for a named company; without the operative clauses it is not possible to detect any expansion beyond that single-purpose scope."},"complexity_factors":["Provided material contains only title and metadata; no operative provisions supplied","Likely a narrow, single-purpose Act (title suggests targeted amendment affecting one named company)","Probable minimal number of sections if consistent with similar Acts (usually short: definitions, operative clause, savings/transitional clause)","Potential cross-references to other Tasmanian resource, planning or environmental statutes (uncertain without text)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What you gave me and what I can (and can’t) say**\n\n- The material you supplied is the title, header and metadata for the Grange Resources (Tasmania) Pty Ltd (Alternative Application Period) Act 2026, but it does not include the operative provisions (the actual sections or clauses that set out legal rules). I can therefore not provide a definitive, section-by-section summary of what this Act does.\n\n**What an Act with this title typically does (qualified, hypothetical description)**\n\n- From the title, this appears to be a narrow, targeted statute that deals with an \"alternative application period\" for Grange Resources (Tasmania) Pty Ltd. In practice, laws of this form commonly:  \n  - specify an alternative deadline or timeframe within which the named company may make an application (for example, for permits, approvals, leases, or environmental authorisations), and/or  \n  - validate or extend the effect of an application made outside an otherwise applicable statutory period.  \n\n- Who it usually affects:  \n  - the named company (Grange Resources (Tasmania) Pty Ltd), which stands to gain a changed deadline or validation of an application;  \n  - the public agency or regulator that receives or decides the application (for example, a planning, mineral or environmental authority), which will be required to accept or treat the application according to the alternative period;  \n  - third parties with legal interests or rights that depend on statutory time limits (for example, neighbours, landholders, or objectors), because their opportunity to object or rely on time bars may change.  \n\n- Why it matters (mechanically):  \n  - it changes legal time limits: deadlines structure rights and duties, so altering a period affects who can apply, when decisions must be made, and whether an application is valid;  \n  - it concentrates a discrete benefit on a particular private party (the named company) while imposing procedural effects on decision-makers and potentially changing the window for others to act;  \n  - implementation requires administrative steps by regulators (to accept or process the application under the alternate regime), which creates compliance and administrative costs and may shift incentives for timing of applications.  \n\n**Costs, incentives and trade-offs to look for in the actual text**\n\n- Who pays: the immediate benefit accrues to the named company; administrative costs fall on the relevant regulator(s); any legal or economic effects on third parties (e.g. costs of re-lodging objections or re-running assessments) are borne by those parties.  \n- Who decides: the legislature sets the alternative period; the relevant regulators still usually decide the substance of an application under existing statutory criteria.  \n- Behaviour changes: the company can submit (or have validated) an application outside the usual timeframe; regulators must process that application; other applicants may seek similar treatment, increasing requests for bespoke time extensions.  \n- Risks and implementation friction: the Act may create unfairness or perceived special treatment, invite further targeted amendments, require cross-referencing with other statutes or regulations, and produce litigation over the scope of the alternative period (for example, whether it applies to all parts of an application or only to certain steps).  \n\n**What I need to give you a definitive analysis**\n\n- The operative sections (the text that actually modifies or supplements other laws), including: the precise wording of the alternative period, any transitional or retrospective clauses, definitions, which existing Acts or processes it modifies, and any provisions about public notification or third‑party rights.  \n\nIf you can paste the Act’s full text (or the operative sections), I will:  \n- produce a concise, section-cited plain-English summary of what the law does;  \n- identify the practical legal effects on regulators, third parties and the company;  \n- list implementation and litigation risks, compliance burdens, likely cross-references, and specific trade-offs with citations to the Act's sections.\n"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/grange-resources-tasmania-pty-ltd-alternative-application-period-act-2026","history":"/api/acts/grange-resources-tasmania-pty-ltd-alternative-application-period-act-2026/history","analysis":"/api/acts/grange-resources-tasmania-pty-ltd-alternative-application-period-act-2026/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/grange-resources-tasmania-pty-ltd-alternative-application-period-act-2026/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/grange-resources-tasmania-pty-ltd-alternative-application-period-act-2026/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/grange-resources-tasmania-pty-ltd-alternative-application-period-act-2026/documents"}}