sec.318AABOnly eligible person can apply for and hold mining lease (233)

### sec.318AAB Only eligible person can apply for and hold mining lease (233) A person (an applicant ) may apply for a mining lease under this part only if— the applicant is an eligible person; and the applicant holds a mineral development licence to all the land proposed to be the subject of the mining lease. A mining lease under this part can only be held by an eligible person. The application and grant of a lease may be made even if the land for an Aurukun project is part of a restricted area. The numbers bracketed in the headings to this and other sections of this part are references to corresponding sections in part 1 . Despite subsection (1) , a mining lease granted under this part may be cancelled under section 318AAL even though the holder has ceased to be an eligible person. s 318AAB ins 2006 No. 31 s 5 amd 2013 No. 10 s 63 ; 2012 No. 20 s 323 sch 3 ; 2016 No. 10 s 7 (sec.318AAB-ssec.1) A person (an applicant ) may apply for a mining lease under this part only if— the applicant is an eligible person; and the applicant holds a mineral development licence to all the land proposed to be the subject of the mining lease. (sec.318AAB-ssec.2) A mining lease under this part can only be held by an eligible person. (sec.318AAB-ssec.3) The application and grant of a lease may be made even if the land for an Aurukun project is part of a restricted area. The numbers bracketed in the headings to this and other sections of this part are references to corresponding sections in part 1 . (sec.318AAB-ssec.4) Despite subsection (1) , a mining lease granted under this part may be cancelled under section 318AAL even though the holder has ceased to be an eligible person. - (a) the applicant is an eligible person; and - (b) the applicant holds a mineral development licence to all the land proposed to be the subject of the mining lease.