sec.1279Provision for existing agreements between mining tenure holders and bore owners

### sec.1279 Provision for existing agreements between mining tenure holders and bore owners This section applies if, on the commencement, an agreement is in force between a holder of a mineral development licence or mining lease and a bore owner about a water bore affected, or likely to be affected, by taking or interfering with underground water in the area of the licence or lease. From the commencement— the holder is taken to have complied with the holder’s obligation to undertake a bore assessment for the bore under chapter 3, part 5, division 2; and the agreement is taken to be a make good agreement entered into between the holder and bore owner for the water bore for the purposes of chapter 3, part 5. s 1279 ins 2014 No. 64 s 201 (sec.1279-ssec.1) This section applies if, on the commencement, an agreement is in force between a holder of a mineral development licence or mining lease and a bore owner about a water bore affected, or likely to be affected, by taking or interfering with underground water in the area of the licence or lease. (sec.1279-ssec.2) From the commencement— the holder is taken to have complied with the holder’s obligation to undertake a bore assessment for the bore under chapter 3, part 5, division 2; and the agreement is taken to be a make good agreement entered into between the holder and bore owner for the water bore for the purposes of chapter 3, part 5. - (a) the holder is taken to have complied with the holder’s obligation to undertake a bore assessment for the bore under chapter 3, part 5, division 2; and - (b) the agreement is taken to be a make good agreement entered into between the holder and bore owner for the water bore for the purposes of chapter 3, part 5.