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Mineral Resources Act 1989
sec.741Unfinished special coal mining lease applications
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### sec.741 Unfinished special coal mining lease applications
A special coal mining lease must not be granted under a special agreement Act if the lease was applied for or requested, but not granted, before the commencement of this section.
Subject to subsection (3), an addition to the area of an existing special coal mining lease must not be made under a special agreement Act if the addition was applied for or requested, but not made, before the commencement.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the addition is additional surface areas within the area of the existing special coal mining lease and the special coal mining lease was granted under the Thiess Peabody Coal Pty. Ltd. Agreement Act 1962 .
This section applies despite any provision of the special agreement Act.
In this section—
applied for includes specified under clause 18 of the agreement under the Thiess Peabody Coal Pty. Ltd. Agreement Act 1962 .
existing special coal mining lease means a special coal mining lease that, immediately before the commencement, was in force under a special agreement Act.
s 741 ins 2004 No. 25 s 1028 (amd 2004 No. 26 s 263 (3) – (4) (amdt could not be given effect))
amd 2005 No. 3 s 7 (retro)
(sec.741-ssec.1) A special coal mining lease must not be granted under a special agreement Act if the lease was applied for or requested, but not granted, before the commencement of this section.
(sec.741-ssec.2) Subject to subsection (3), an addition to the area of an existing special coal mining lease must not be made under a special agreement Act if the addition was applied for or requested, but not made, before the commencement.
(sec.741-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the addition is additional surface areas within the area of the existing special coal mining lease and the special coal mining lease was granted under the Thiess Peabody Coal Pty. Ltd. Agreement Act 1962 .
(sec.741-ssec.4) This section applies despite any provision of the special agreement Act.
(sec.741-ssec.5) In this section— applied for includes specified under clause 18 of the agreement under the Thiess Peabody Coal Pty. Ltd. Agreement Act 1962 . existing special coal mining lease means a special coal mining lease that, immediately before the commencement, was in force under a special agreement Act.