sec.237Application for ML (coal) over land in area of PL (with consent)

### sec.237 Application for ML (coal) over land in area of PL (with consent) This section applies if— a person mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CC made an application for the grant of an ML (coal) that included the additional requirements mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CD; and the application was made but not decided before the commencement. The Mineral Resources Act applies to the circumstance of the ML (coal) overlapping a PL as if the Common Provisions Act had not been enacted. Despite subsection (2), the new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the ML (coal) overlapping a PL if— the ML (coal) holder and the PL holder agree that the new overlap provisions apply; and the ML (coal) holder and PL holder jointly give written notice to the chief executive of the agreement. In this section— PL means a petroleum lease to which the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CC applies, if the petroleum lease authorises the production of coal seam gas. (sec.237-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CC made an application for the grant of an ML (coal) that included the additional requirements mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CD; and the application was made but not decided before the commencement. (sec.237-ssec.2) The Mineral Resources Act applies to the circumstance of the ML (coal) overlapping a PL as if the Common Provisions Act had not been enacted. (sec.237-ssec.3) Despite subsection (2), the new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the ML (coal) overlapping a PL if— the ML (coal) holder and the PL holder agree that the new overlap provisions apply; and the ML (coal) holder and PL holder jointly give written notice to the chief executive of the agreement. (sec.237-ssec.4) In this section— PL means a petroleum lease to which the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CC applies, if the petroleum lease authorises the production of coal seam gas. - (a) a person mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CC made an application for the grant of an ML (coal) that included the additional requirements mentioned in the pre-amended Mineral Resources Act, section 318CD; and - (b) the application was made but not decided before the commencement. - (a) the ML (coal) holder and the PL holder agree that the new overlap provisions apply; and - (b) the ML (coal) holder and PL holder jointly give written notice to the chief executive of the agreement.