Mineral Resources Regulation 2025
sec.46Prescribed way for making applications, giving, filing, forwarding or lodging documents or making submissions— Act , s 386O
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sec.46 Prescribed way for making applications, giving, filing, forwarding or lodging documents or making submissions— Act , s 386O
For section 386O (2) (b) of the Act , the prescribed way for doing any of the following is electronically, using the online system on the department’s website— making an application; giving a document to the Minister or chief executive; filing, forwarding or lodging a document; making a submission. Also, the chief executive may, by notice given to the person making, giving, filing, forwarding or lodging a document under subsection (1) , require the person, within a stated period, to lodge a hard copy of the document at the place required under section 386O (2) (a) of the Act . A document lodged under subsection (1) electronically between 4.30p.m. on a business day and 8.30a.m. on the next business day (the later day ) is taken to have been lodged at 8.30a.m. on the later day. (sec.46-ssec.1) For section 386O (2) (b) of the Act , the prescribed way for doing any of the following is electronically, using the online system on the department’s website— making an application; giving a document to the Minister or chief executive; filing, forwarding or lodging a document; making a submission. (sec.46-ssec.2) Also, the chief executive may, by notice given to the person making, giving, filing, forwarding or lodging a document under subsection (1) , require the person, within a stated period, to lodge a hard copy of the document at the place required under section 386O (2) (a) of the Act . (sec.46-ssec.3) A document lodged under subsection (1) electronically between 4.30p.m. on a business day and 8.30a.m. on the next business day (the later day ) is taken to have been lodged at 8.30a.m. on the later day.
- (a) making an application;
- (b) giving a document to the Minister or chief executive;
- (c) filing, forwarding or lodging a document;
- (d) making a submission.