sec.202Practice manual

### sec.202 Practice manual The chief executive may keep, in the way the chief executive considers appropriate, a manual (however called) about resource authority administration practice to guide and inform persons dealing with the department. The manual may include— directions about— what information, documents or instruments ( material ) a person must or may give in response to a requirement or permission under this Act or a Resource Act; and how or when the material must or may be given; and the format of the material; and the degree of precision required for information contained in the material; and practices to ensure there is consistency and efficiency in resource authority administration processes; and guidelines about ways to define the boundary of the area of a mining tenement or proposed mining tenement under the Mineral Resources Act . If— a person is required or permitted to give the Minister or the chief executive (the official ) information for a particular purpose relating to this Act or a Resource Act; and the person gives the information— as required or permitted under the manual; or as would be required or permitted to be given under a regulation if the information were a document; the person is taken to have given the official the information for the purpose. The chief executive must— keep a copy of the manual and a record (however called) of each part of the manual, including the dates when each part was published or superseded; and make the manual and the record available to the public in the way the chief executive considers appropriate. Without limiting subsection (4) , the chief executive must ensure an up-to-date copy of the manual and the record are available to be read free of charge— on the department’s website; and if information relates to a particular application—at the department’s office where the application was made. s 202 amd 2024 No. 33 s 183 sch 1 pt 2 (sec.202-ssec.1) The chief executive may keep, in the way the chief executive considers appropriate, a manual (however called) about resource authority administration practice to guide and inform persons dealing with the department. (sec.202-ssec.2) The manual may include— directions about— what information, documents or instruments ( material ) a person must or may give in response to a requirement or permission under this Act or a Resource Act; and how or when the material must or may be given; and the format of the material; and the degree of precision required for information contained in the material; and practices to ensure there is consistency and efficiency in resource authority administration processes; and guidelines about ways to define the boundary of the area of a mining tenement or proposed mining tenement under the Mineral Resources Act . (sec.202-ssec.3) If— a person is required or permitted to give the Minister or the chief executive (the official ) information for a particular purpose relating to this Act or a Resource Act; and the person gives the information— as required or permitted under the manual; or as would be required or permitted to be given under a regulation if the information were a document; the person is taken to have given the official the information for the purpose. (sec.202-ssec.4) The chief executive must— keep a copy of the manual and a record (however called) of each part of the manual, including the dates when each part was published or superseded; and make the manual and the record available to the public in the way the chief executive considers appropriate. (sec.202-ssec.5) Without limiting subsection (4) , the chief executive must ensure an up-to-date copy of the manual and the record are available to be read free of charge— on the department’s website; and if information relates to a particular application—at the department’s office where the application was made. - (a) directions about— (i) what information, documents or instruments ( material ) a person must or may give in response to a requirement or permission under this Act or a Resource Act; and (ii) how or when the material must or may be given; and (iii) the format of the material; and (iv) the degree of precision required for information contained in the material; and - (i) what information, documents or instruments ( material ) a person must or may give in response to a requirement or permission under this Act or a Resource Act; and - (ii) how or when the material must or may be given; and - (iii) the format of the material; and - (iv) the degree of precision required for information contained in the material; and - (b) practices to ensure there is consistency and efficiency in resource authority administration processes; and - (c) guidelines about ways to define the boundary of the area of a mining tenement or proposed mining tenement under the Mineral Resources Act . - (i) what information, documents or instruments ( material ) a person must or may give in response to a requirement or permission under this Act or a Resource Act; and - (ii) how or when the material must or may be given; and - (iii) the format of the material; and - (iv) the degree of precision required for information contained in the material; and - (a) a person is required or permitted to give the Minister or the chief executive (the official ) information for a particular purpose relating to this Act or a Resource Act; and - (b) the person gives the information— (i) as required or permitted under the manual; or (ii) as would be required or permitted to be given under a regulation if the information were a document; - (i) as required or permitted under the manual; or - (ii) as would be required or permitted to be given under a regulation if the information were a document; - (i) as required or permitted under the manual; or - (ii) as would be required or permitted to be given under a regulation if the information were a document; - (a) keep a copy of the manual and a record (however called) of each part of the manual, including the dates when each part was published or superseded; and - (b) make the manual and the record available to the public in the way the chief executive considers appropriate. - (a) on the department’s website; and - (b) if information relates to a particular application—at the department’s office where the application was made.