sec.260Objection to application for grant of mining lease

### sec.260 Objection to application for grant of mining lease An entity may, on or before the last objection day for the application, lodge with the chief executive an objection in writing in the approved form. An owner of land who attends a conference with the applicant for the grant of a mining lease may lodge an objection on or before the expiration of 5 business days after the conclusion of that conference or if the applicant for the grant of the mining lease fails to attend the conference after the day upon which the conference was convened, notwithstanding that the period for objection prescribed by subsection (1) has expired. An objection referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall state the grounds of objection and the facts and circumstances relied on by the objector in support of those grounds. Each objector to an application for the grant of a mining lease shall serve upon the applicant on or before the last date that the objector may lodge an objection to that application a copy of the objection lodged by the objector. s 260 amd 1990 No. 30 s 28 ; 1993 No. 50 s 86 sch 3 ; 1995 No. 21 ss 73 , 3 sch ; 2000 No. 64 s 135 ; 2005 No. 8 s 2 sch ; 2013 No. 10 s 193 sch 1 (sec.260-ssec.1) An entity may, on or before the last objection day for the application, lodge with the chief executive an objection in writing in the approved form. (sec.260-ssec.2) An owner of land who attends a conference with the applicant for the grant of a mining lease may lodge an objection on or before the expiration of 5 business days after the conclusion of that conference or if the applicant for the grant of the mining lease fails to attend the conference after the day upon which the conference was convened, notwithstanding that the period for objection prescribed by subsection (1) has expired. (sec.260-ssec.3) An objection referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall state the grounds of objection and the facts and circumstances relied on by the objector in support of those grounds. (sec.260-ssec.4) Each objector to an application for the grant of a mining lease shall serve upon the applicant on or before the last date that the objector may lodge an objection to that application a copy of the objection lodged by the objector.