sec.251Priority of mining lease applications

### sec.251 Priority of mining lease applications Applications made under this Act for the grant of mining leases for the same land must be considered and decided according to the day on which they are lodged. If 2 or more applications are lodged on the same day— they take the priority the Minister decides, after considering the relative merits of each application; and the chief executive must give each applicant a written notice stating there is competition for priority between the applicant’s application and another application, or other applications, lodged on the same day as the day on which the applicant’s application was lodged. s 251 sub 2012 No. 20 s 193 amd 2013 No. 10 s 193 sch 1 (sec.251-ssec.1) Applications made under this Act for the grant of mining leases for the same land must be considered and decided according to the day on which they are lodged. (sec.251-ssec.2) If 2 or more applications are lodged on the same day— they take the priority the Minister decides, after considering the relative merits of each application; and the chief executive must give each applicant a written notice stating there is competition for priority between the applicant’s application and another application, or other applications, lodged on the same day as the day on which the applicant’s application was lodged. - (a) they take the priority the Minister decides, after considering the relative merits of each application; and - (b) the chief executive must give each applicant a written notice stating there is competition for priority between the applicant’s application and another application, or other applications, lodged on the same day as the day on which the applicant’s application was lodged.