sec.231BExploration resource authorities

### sec.231B Exploration resource authorities The following table applies for this section— Column 1 Column 2 exploration permit (coal) authority to prospect (csg) mineral development licence (coal) authority to prospect (csg) authority to prospect (csg) either of the following— exploration permit (coal); mineral development licence (coal) This section applies to a column 1 exploration resource authority if— the exploration resource authority— was granted before the commencement; or was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement; and the exploration resource authority overlaps a corresponding column 2 exploration resource authority that— was granted before the commencement; or was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement. The new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the column 1 exploration resource authority overlapping the corresponding column 2 exploration resource authority. For applying the new overlap provisions to an overlapping area for a column 1 exploration resource authority (whenever granted) and a corresponding column 2 exploration resource authority granted before the commencement, the overlapping area is taken to come into existence on the commencement. In this section— column 1 exploration resource authority means a resource authority listed in column 1 of the table for this section. corresponding column 2 exploration resource authority , for a column 1 exploration resource authority, means the resource authority listed in column 2 of the table for this section opposite the column 1 exploration resource authority. s 231B ins 2016 No. 30 s 61 (sec.231B-ssec.1) The following table applies for this section— Column 1 Column 2 exploration permit (coal) authority to prospect (csg) mineral development licence (coal) authority to prospect (csg) authority to prospect (csg) either of the following— exploration permit (coal); mineral development licence (coal) (sec.231B-ssec.2) This section applies to a column 1 exploration resource authority if— the exploration resource authority— was granted before the commencement; or was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement; and the exploration resource authority overlaps a corresponding column 2 exploration resource authority that— was granted before the commencement; or was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement. (sec.231B-ssec.3) The new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the column 1 exploration resource authority overlapping the corresponding column 2 exploration resource authority. (sec.231B-ssec.4) For applying the new overlap provisions to an overlapping area for a column 1 exploration resource authority (whenever granted) and a corresponding column 2 exploration resource authority granted before the commencement, the overlapping area is taken to come into existence on the commencement. (sec.231B-ssec.5) In this section— column 1 exploration resource authority means a resource authority listed in column 1 of the table for this section. corresponding column 2 exploration resource authority , for a column 1 exploration resource authority, means the resource authority listed in column 2 of the table for this section opposite the column 1 exploration resource authority. - (a) the exploration resource authority— (i) was granted before the commencement; or (ii) was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement; and - (i) was granted before the commencement; or - (ii) was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement; and - (b) the exploration resource authority overlaps a corresponding column 2 exploration resource authority that— (i) was granted before the commencement; or (ii) was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement. - (i) was granted before the commencement; or - (ii) was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement. - (i) was granted before the commencement; or - (ii) was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement; and - (i) was granted before the commencement; or - (ii) was applied for before the commencement and is granted after the commencement.