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Mineral Resources Act 1989
sec.318ELBIEarlier geothermal or GHG lease application
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sec.318ELBI Earlier geothermal or GHG lease application
If— a mining lease application is made; and before the making of that application, an application (the other application ) was made for a geothermal lease or GHG lease (the other proposed lease ) but not decided; and the other application had not been decided before the making of the mining lease application; and the other proposed lease would, if it were granted, be an overlapping authority (geothermal or GHG) for the proposed mining lease; the mining lease application must not be decided until the other application has been decided. s 318ELBI ins 2009 No. 3 s 511 sub 2010 No. 31 s 525
- (a) a mining lease application is made; and
- (b) before the making of that application, an application (the other application ) was made for a geothermal lease or GHG lease (the other proposed lease ) but not decided; and
- (c) the other application had not been decided before the making of the mining lease application; and
- (d) the other proposed lease would, if it were granted, be an overlapping authority (geothermal or GHG) for the proposed mining lease;