sec.134APriority of applications for grant of exploration permit

### sec.134A Priority of applications for grant of exploration permit Applications for the grant of exploration permits in respect of the same mineral, duly made in respect of or including the same land take priority, for the purpose of considering and deciding the applications, according to the day on which they are lodged under this Act. If applications are lodged on the same day, they take the priority the Minister decides, after considering the relative merits of each application. If an application is lodged by mail, courier service or similar means, it is taken to be lodged on the day the application is received at a place that the application may be lodged under section 386O . Subsection (5) applies if 1 or more applications mentioned in subsection (2) were accompanied by a proposed work program (outcomes-based) for the term of the permit, if granted. Before deciding the priority of the applications under subsection (2) , the Minister may, by written notice given to the applicant, require the applicant to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, a proposed work program (activities-based) for the term of the permit, if granted. s 134A ins 1997 No. 14 s 7 amd 2005 No. 8 s 2 sch ; 2012 No. 20 s 281 sch 2 ; 2019 No. 17 s 249 (sec.134A-ssec.1) Applications for the grant of exploration permits in respect of the same mineral, duly made in respect of or including the same land take priority, for the purpose of considering and deciding the applications, according to the day on which they are lodged under this Act. (sec.134A-ssec.2) If applications are lodged on the same day, they take the priority the Minister decides, after considering the relative merits of each application. (sec.134A-ssec.3) If an application is lodged by mail, courier service or similar means, it is taken to be lodged on the day the application is received at a place that the application may be lodged under section 386O . (sec.134A-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies if 1 or more applications mentioned in subsection (2) were accompanied by a proposed work program (outcomes-based) for the term of the permit, if granted. (sec.134A-ssec.5) Before deciding the priority of the applications under subsection (2) , the Minister may, by written notice given to the applicant, require the applicant to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, a proposed work program (activities-based) for the term of the permit, if granted.