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Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014
sec.14What is public land
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### sec.14 What is public land
Public land is any land other than—
private land; or
to the extent an interest in any of the following relates to the land—
a mining interest under the Mineral Resources Act ;
a petroleum authority under the P&G Act or 1923 Act petroleum tenure under the 1923 Act ;
a GHG authority under the Greenhouse Gas Act ;
a geothermal tenure under the Geothermal Act ;
an occupation right under a permit under the Land Act 1994 .
Public land includes a public road.
(sec.14-ssec.1) Public land is any land other than— private land; or to the extent an interest in any of the following relates to the land— a mining interest under the Mineral Resources Act ; a petroleum authority under the P&G Act or 1923 Act petroleum tenure under the 1923 Act ; a GHG authority under the Greenhouse Gas Act ; a geothermal tenure under the Geothermal Act ; an occupation right under a permit under the Land Act 1994 .
(sec.14-ssec.2) Public land includes a public road.
- (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 .
- (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 .
- (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 .