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Queensland
NATIVE TITLE
(QUEENSLAND) STATE
PROVISIONS AMENDMENT
BILL (No. 2) 1998
Queensland
NATIVE TITLE (QUEENSLAND) STATE
PROVISIONS AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2)
1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF FOSSICKING ACT 1994
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5 Replacement of s 11 (Act's application to native title land) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11 Act's application if approved determination of native title . . . . . . . 15
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989
6 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8 Amendment of s 25 (Conditions of prospecting permit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
9 Insertion of new pts 1218 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PART 12--INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS
419 Purpose of pt 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
420 Application of native title provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
421 Definitions for native title provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
422 Other provisions for interpretation of native title provisions . . . . . . 19
423 Application of Judicial Review Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PART 13--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR PROSPECTING
PERMITS
Division 1--Preliminary
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Native Title (Queensland) State Provisions
Amendment (No. 2)
424 Purpose of pt 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
425 Exclusion of certain prospecting permits from pt 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
426 Limited application of pt 13 to prospecting permit in
approved opal or gem mining area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
427 Definitions for pt 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
428 Meaning of "low impact prospecting permit" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Division 2--Notification requirements
429 Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
430 Requirement to notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Division 3--Consultation requirements before entry
431 Requirement to consult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
432 Consultation matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
433 Consultation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
434 Native title notification parties may seek mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
435 Notice of consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PART 14--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR MINING CLAIMS
Division 1--Preliminary
436 Purpose of pt 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
437 Exclusion of certain agreed mining claims from pt 14 . . . . . . . . . . . 26
438 Limited application of pt 14 to mining claim in approved
opal or gem mining area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
439 Definitions for pt 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
440 Meaning of "surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim" . . . . . . . 28
Division 2--Surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claims
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
441 Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Subdivision 2--Notification requirements and right to be heard
442 Requirement to notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
443 Native title notification parties' right to be heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Subdivision 3--Consultation requirements
444 Consultation parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
445 Requirement to consult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Amendment (No. 2)
446 Consultation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
447 Consultation matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
448 Consultation parties may seek mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
449 Notice of result of consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Subdivision 4--Hearing requirements
450 Application of sdiv 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
451 Fixing of combined hearing day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
452 Tribunal must consider consultation matters and agreed issues . . . 33
453 General time requirement for hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Subdivision 5--Notice of grant
454 Notice to other consultation parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Division 3--Other mining claims on alternative provision areas
455 Application of div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
456 Requirement for grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
457 Applying pt 17, div 3 for grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Division 4--Other mining claims not on alternative provision areas
458 Application of div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
459 Requirement for grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
460 Applying pt 17, div 4 for grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Division 5--Renewals of mining claims
461 Application of div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
462 Requirements for renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Division 6--Requirements for subsidiary approvals
463 Requirements for approval--adding minerals to mining claim . . . . 39
PART 15--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR EXPLORATION
PERMITS
Division 1--Preliminary
464 Purpose of pt 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
465 Exclusion of certain agreed exploration permits from pt 15 . . . . . . . 40
466 Limitation of application of pt 15 to exploration permit in
approved opal or gem mining area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
467 Meaning of "low impact exploration permit" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Amendment (No. 2)
468 Meaning of "low impact activity" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
469 Meaning of "high impact exploration permit" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Division 2--Low impact exploration permits
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
470 Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
471 Definitions for div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Subdivision 2--Notification requirements
472 Requirement to notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Subdivision 3--Consultation requirements before entry
473 Requirement to consult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
474 Consultation matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
475 Consultation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
476 Native title notification parties may seek mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
477 Notice of consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Division 3--High impact exploration permits on alternative
provision areas
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
478 Application of div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
479 Definitions for div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Subdivision 2--Notification requirements and right to be heard
480 Requirement to notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
481 Content of notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
482 Advice to mining registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
483 Right to object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
484 Ending of additional requirements if no objection lodged . . . . . . . . 50
Subdivision 3--Consultation and mediation
485 Application of sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
486 Notice of objections by mining registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
487 Requirement to consult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
488 Consultation matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
489 Fixing of consultation start day and hearing day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
490 Consultation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Native Title (Queensland) State Provisions
Amendment (No. 2)
491 Request for mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
492 Process for consultation--guidelines for applicant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
493 Process for consultation--agreement with or without conditions . . 53
494 Process for consultation--agreement with conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Subdivision 4--Hearing of objections and tribunal's decision
495 Hearing of objections by tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
496 Directions for hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
497 Matters tribunal must consider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
498 General time requirement for hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
499 Nature of tribunal's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
500 Overruling of tribunal's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Division 4--High impact exploration permits not on alternative
provision areas
501 Application of div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
502 Requirements for grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
503 Applying pt 17, div 4 for grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Division 5--Renewals of exploration permits
504 Application of div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
505 Requirements for renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Division 6--Requirements for subsidiary approvals
506 Application of div 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
507 Requirements for variation--low impact exploration permit . . . . . . 59
508 Requirements for variation--high impact exploration permit . . . . . 59
509 Requirements for variation--other exploration permits . . . . . . . . . . 59
PART 16--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR MINERAL
DEVELOPMENT LICENCES
Division 1--Preliminary
510 Purpose of pt 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
511 Exclusion of certain agreed mineral development licences
from pt 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
512 Limited application of pt 16 to mineral development
licence in approved opal or gem mining area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
513 Meaning of "low impact mineral development licence" . . . . . . . . . 62
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Native Title (Queensland) State Provisions
Amendment (No. 2)
514 Meaning of "low impact activity" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
515 Meaning of "high impact mineral development licence" . . . . . . . . 64
Division 2--Low impact mineral development licences
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
516 Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
517 Definitions for div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Subdivision 2--Notification requirements
518 Requirement to notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Subdivision 3--Consultation requirements before entry
519 Requirement to consult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
520 Consultation matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
521 Consultation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
522 Native title notification parties may seek mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
523 Notice of consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Division 3--High impact mineral development licences on
alternative provision areas
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
524 Application of div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
525 Definitions for div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Subdivision 2--Notification requirements
526 Requirement to notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
527 Content of notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
528 Advice to mining registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
529 Right to object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
530 Ending of additional requirements if no objection lodged . . . . . . . . 71
Subdivision 3--Consultation and mediation
531 Application of sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
532 Notice of objections by mining registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
533 Requirement to consult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
534 Consultation matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
535 Fixing of consultation start day and hearing day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
536 Consultation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Amendment (No. 2)
537 Request for mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
538 Process for consultation--guidelines for applicant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
539 Process for consultation--agreement with or without conditions . . 74
540 Process for consultation--agreement with conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Subdivision 4--Hearing of objections and tribunal's decision
541 Hearing of objections by tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
542 Directions for hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
543 Matters tribunal must consider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
544 General time requirement for hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
545 Nature of tribunal's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
546 Overruling of tribunal's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Division 4--High impact mineral development licences not on
alternative provision areas
547 Application of div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
548 Requirements for grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
549 Applying pt 17, div 4 to grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Division 5--Renewals of mineral development licences
550 Application of div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
551 Requirements for renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Division 6--Requirements for subsidiary approvals
552 Application of div 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
553 Requirements for variation--low impact mineral
development licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
554 Requirements for variation--high impact mineral
development licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
555 Requirements for variation--other mineral development
licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
556 Requirements for approval--variation of access for high
impact mineral development licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
557 Requirements for approval--adding minerals to high
impact mineral development licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
PART 17--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR MINING LEASES
Division 1--Preliminary
558 Purpose of pt 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Amendment (No. 2)
559 Exclusion of certain agreed mining leases from pt 17 . . . . . . . . . . . 83
560 Limited application of pt 17 to mining lease in approved
opal or gem mining area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
561 Meaning of "surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease" . . . . . . . 84
562 No re-opening of issues previously decided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Division 2--Surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining leases
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
563 Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
564 Definitions for div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
565 Meaning of "surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease" . . . . . . . 86
566 Requirement to notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
567 Native title notification parties' right to be heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Subdivision 3--Consultation requirements
568 Consultation parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
569 Requirement to consult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
570 Consultation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
571 Consultation matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
572 Consultation parties may seek mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
573 Notice of result of consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Subdivision 4--Hearing requirements
574 Application of sdiv 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
575 Fixing of combined hearing day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
576 Tribunal must consider consultation matters and agreed issues . . . 92
577 General time requirement for hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Subdivision 5--Notice of grant
578 Notice to other consultation parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Division 3--Other mining leases on alternative provision areas
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
579 Application of div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
580 Definitions for div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Subdivision 2--Notification and registration requirements
581 Requirement to notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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Native Title (Queensland) State Provisions
Amendment (No. 2)
582 Content of written notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
583 Registered native title parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
584 Advice to mining registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
585 Ending of additional requirements if notice of non-objection
lodged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
586 Participation in consultation and negotiation of potential
registered native title party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Subdivision 3--Consultation and negotiation
587 Parties to consultation and negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
588 Consultation and negotiation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
589 Requirement for consultation and negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
590 Content of negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
591 Request for mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
592 Process for consultation and negotiation--applicant
consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
593 Process for consultation and negotiation--registered
native title parties consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
594 Process for consultation and negotiation--taking account
of existing rights, interests and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
595 Process for consultation and negotiation--negotiated
agreement with or without conditions attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
596 Process for consultation and negotiation--negotiated
agreement with conditions attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
597 Objection during consultation and negotiation period . . . . . . . . . . 105
Subdivision 4--Referral and native title issues decision
598 Referral of proposed mining lease to tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
599 Continuing negotiation and mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
600 Withdrawal of referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
601 Combined hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
602 Fixing of date for combined hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Subdivision 5--Requirements for combined hearing
603 Directions about conduct of combined hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
604 Issue of compliance with sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
605 Nature of native title issues decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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606 Overruling of native title issues decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
607 Effect of native title issues decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
608 Tribunal's native title issues decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
609 Deferred matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
610 General time requirement for making native title issues
decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Division 4--Other mining leases not on alternative provision areas
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
611 Application of div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
612 Definitions for div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Subdivision 2--Notification and registration requirements
613 Requirement to notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
614 Content of written notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
615 Becoming a registered native title party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
616 Advice to mining registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
617 Ending of additional requirements if notice of non-objection
lodged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
618 Participation in consultation and negotiation of potential
registered native title party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Subdivision 3--Consultation and negotiation
619 Parties to consultation and negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
620 Consultation and negotiation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
621 Requirement for consultation and negotiation in good faith . . . . . 123
622 Content of negotiation in good faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
623 Request for mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
624 Process for consultation and negotiation--applicant
consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
625 Process for consultation and negotiation--registered
native title parties consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
626 Process for consultation and negotiation--taking account
of existing rights, interests and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
627 Process for consultation and negotiation--negotiated
agreement with or without conditions attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
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628 Process for consultation and negotiation--negotiated
agreement with conditions attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
629 Objection during consultation and negotiation period . . . . . . . . . . 128
Subdivision 4--Referral and native title issues decision
630 Referral of proposed mining lease to tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
631 Continuing negotiation and mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
632 Withdrawal of referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
633 Combined hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
634 Fixing of date for combined hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Subdivision 5--Requirements for combined hearing
635 Directions about conduct of combined hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
636 Issue of negotiation in good faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
637 Nature of native title issues decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
638 Overruling of native title issues decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
639 Effect of native title issues decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
640 Tribunal's native title issues decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
641 Deferred matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
642 General time requirement for making native title issues
decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Subdivision 6--Special provisions about completion of combined
hearing and making of native titles issues decision
643 Giving of urgency notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
644 Minister's decision if tribunal recommendation delayed . . . . . . . . 139
645 Consultation before Minister's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
646 Minister's decisions generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Division 5--Renewals of mining leases
647 Application of div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
648 Requirements for renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Division 6--Requirements for subsidiary approvals
649 Requirements for approval--variations and additions . . . . . . . . . . 143
PART 18--COMPENSATION PROVISIONS
650 Native title holders compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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651 Dealing with amount held in trust for
compensation--determination of no native title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
652 Dealing with amount held in trust for
compensation--determination of native title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
653 Dealing with amount held in trust for
compensation--other determination about compensation . . . . . . . 146
654 Dealing with amount held in trust for compensation--no
applicable provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
10 Replacement of pt 12 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
11 Renumbering of ss 419 and 420 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF NATIVE TITLE (QUEENSLAND)
ACT 1993
12 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
13 Amendment of s 3 (Objects of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
14 Amendment of s 18 (Confirmation of access to beaches etc.
(NTA, s 197(2) and (3)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
15 Replacement of s 146 (Section headings and
attachment--Commonwealth Native Title Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
146 Section headings--Commonwealth Native Title Act . . . . . . . . . . . 149
146A Rights to mine covering both alternative provision areas
and other areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Fossicking Act 1994 and the Mineral Resources
Act 1989 for native title purposes, and to amend the Native Title
(Queensland) Act 1993
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Amendment (No. 2)
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Native Title (Queensland) State 4
Provisions Amendment Act (No. 2) 1998. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 7
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF FOSSICKING ACT 1994 8
amended in pt 2 9
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Fossicking Act 1994. 10
of s 3 (Definitions) 11
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 3, definition, "owner"-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
` "owner" see section 8(1).'. 14
of s 11 (Act's application to native title land) 15
Replacement
Clause 5. Section 11-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
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application if approved determination of native title 1
`Act's
`11.(1) This Act does not apply to land or waters if-- 2
(a) there is an approved determination of native title over the land or 3
waters; and 4
(b) the determination provides that native title exists over the land or 5
waters. 6
`(2) However, this Act does apply to the land or waters if-- 7
(a) there is an indigenous land use agreement for the land or waters 8
that is registered on the register of indigenous land use 9
agreements; and 10
(b) the agreement provides for fossicking over the land or waters; 11
and 12
(c) the State is a party to the agreement. 13
`(3) In this section-- 14
"approved determination of native title" see Native Title Act 1993 15
(Cwlth), section 253. 16
"indigenous land use agreement" see Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth), 17
section 253. 18
"register of indigenous land use agreements" see Native Title Act 1993 19
(Cwlth), section 253.'. 20
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 21
ACT 1989 22
amended in pt 3 23
Act
Clause 6. This part amends the Mineral Resources Act 1989. 24
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Amendment (No. 2)
of s 5 (Definitions) 1
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 5-- 2
insert-- 3
` "Commonwealth Native Title Act" means the Native Title Act 1993 4
(Cwlth). 5
"native title provisions" means the following provisions-- 6
· part 12 7
· part 13 8
· part 14 9
· part 15 10
· part 16 11
· part 17 12
· part 18. 13
"tribunal" means the Land and Resources Tribunal.'. 14
of s 25 (Conditions of prospecting permit) 15
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 25-- 16
insert-- 17
`(5) To remove doubt, it is declared that a condition may limit the extent 18
of the holder's entitlements under section 18(1).1'. 19
of new pts 1218 20
Insertion
Clause 9. After section 418-- 21
insert-- 22
ART 12--INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE TITLE 23
`P
PROVISIONS 24
1 Section 18 (Entitlements under prospecting permit)
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of pt 12 1
`Purpose
`419. The purpose of this part is to provide for the interpretation of the 2
native title provisions. 3
of native title provisions 4
`Application
`420.(1) The native title provisions state additional requirements that 5
apply for the granting, variation or renewal of, or another act concerning, a 6
mining tenure over non-exclusive land. 7
`(2) However, the native title provisions apply only if-- 8
(a) under section 26(1A) or (1) of the Commonwealth Native Title 9
Act, the granting, variation or renewal of, or the other act 10
concerning, a mining tenure is an act to which the right to 11
negotiate provisions apply; and 12
(b) under section 26(2) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act, the 13
act is not an act excluded from the application of the right to 14
negotiate provisions. 15
for native title provisions 16
`Definitions
`421. In the native title provisions-- 17
"alternative provision area" means an alternative provision area under 18
section 43A(2) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act. 19
"approved opal or gem mining area" means an area of land that is-- 20
(a) an approved opal or gem mining area determined in writing by 21
the Commonwealth Minister under section 26C2 of the 22
Commonwealth Native Title Act; and 23
(b) prescribed under a regulation. 24
"decision" includes the following-- 25
(a) determination; 26
2 Section 26C (Excluded opal or gem mining) of the Commonwealth Native Title
Act
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(b) for a decision of the tribunal--a recommendation made by the 1
tribunal. 2
"mining tenure" means a prospecting permit, mining claim, exploration 3
permit, mineral development licence or mining lease. 4
"native title notification party", for land, means-- 5
(a) a registered native title body corporate whose name is contained 6
in the national native title register because of an approved 7
determination of native title in relation to any of the land; or 8
(b) a registered native title claimant in relation to any of the land; or 9
(c) a representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for an area 10
that includes any of the land. 11
"non-exclusive land" means land over which native title has not been 12
extinguished, but only to the extent that the land is a place mentioned in 13
section 26(3)3 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act. 14
"non-monetary compensation" includes the following-- 15
(a) the transfer of land or other property; 16
(b) the provision of goods or services; 17
(c) the creation of employment opportunities. 18
"registered native title rights and interests" means registered native title 19
rights and interests under section 30(3) of the Commonwealth Native 20
Title Act. 21
"relevant special interest publication", for a proposed mining tenure, 22
means a newspaper or magazine that-- 23
(a) caters mainly or exclusively for the interests of Aboriginal 24
peoples or Torres Strait Islanders; and 25
(b) circulates in the geographical area that may be affected by the 26
proposed mining tenure or, if the area is an offshore place, the 27
geographical area closest to it; and 28
(c) is published at least once a month. 29
3 Section 26(3) (When subdivision applies - Seas and intertidal zone excluded)
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"right to negotiate provisions" means part 2, division 3, subdivision P of 1
the Commonwealth Native Title Act. 2
provisions for interpretation of native title provisions 3
`Other
`422.(1) Words and expressions used in the Commonwealth Native Title 4
Act and the native title provisions have the same meaning in the native title 5
provisions as they have in the Commonwealth Native Title Act. 6
`(2) Subsection (1) applies except so far as the context or subject matter 7
otherwise indicates or requires. 8
`(3) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a word or expression 9
defined in section 5.4 10
`(4) Without limiting subsection (3), a reference in the native title 11
provisions to land, or to land or waters, is a reference to land as defined in 12
section 5. 13
`(5) In a native title provision that is about a proposed mining tenure, a 14
reference to the non-exclusive land is a reference to the non-exclusive land 15
that is, or that is included in, the land for which the proposed mining tenure 16
is to be granted. 17
`(6) In a native title provision that is about an existing mining tenure, a 18
reference to the non-exclusive land is a reference to the non-exclusive land 19
that is, or that is included in, the land for which the mining tenure has been 20
granted. 21
of Judicial Review Act 22
`Application
`423.(1) This section applies to an act if-- 23
(a) under section 26(1A) or (1) of the Commonwealth Native Title 24
Act, it is an act to which the right to negotiate provisions apply; 25
and 26
(b) under section 26(2) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act, it is 27
not an act excluded from the right to negotiate provisions; and 28
4 Section 5 (Definitions)
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(c) it is an act to which the alternative provisions apply. 1
`(2) To ensure compliance with section 43A(4)(f) of the Commonwealth 2
Native Title Act, it is declared that the decision to do the act is a decision to 3
which the Judicial Review Act 1991 applies. 4
`(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the Judicial Review Act 1991. 5
`(4) In this section-- 6
"alternative provisions" means laws of Queensland that, under a 7
determination in force under section 43A of the Commonwealth 8
Native Title Act, have effect instead of the right to negotiate provisions. 9
ART 13--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR 10
`P
PROSPECTING PERMITS 11
1--Preliminary 12
`Division
of pt 13 13
`Purpose
`424. The purpose of this part is-- 14
(a) to state additional requirements that apply for-- 15
(i) the granting of a prospecting permit under part 3 if the 16
permit is a proposed low impact prospecting permit over 17
non-exclusive land; and 18
(ii) the exercise of the entitlement, under a low impact 19
prospecting permit, to enter non-exclusive land; and 20
(b) in stating the additional requirements, to provide a basis for a 21
determination by the Commonwealth Minister under 22
section 26A5 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act. 23
5 Section 26A (Approved exploration acts etc.) of the Commonwealth Native Title
Act
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of certain prospecting permits from pt 13 1
`Exclusion
`425.(1) This part does not apply to a prospecting permit if-- 2
(a) there is an indigenous land use agreement for an area registered 3
on the register of indigenous land use agreements; and 4
(b) the agreement provides that a prospecting permit, that must 5
include conditions stated or described in the agreement, may be 6
granted over land included in the area other than in compliance 7
with the right to negotiate provisions; and 8
(c) the State is a party to the agreement; and 9
(d) the prospecting permit includes the conditions mentioned in 10
paragraph (b) and is granted over land included in the area. 11
`(2) Also, this part does not apply to a prospecting permit if the permit 12
is-- 13
(a) granted over non-exclusive land; and 14
(b) solely for purposes necessary to enable the permit holder to apply 15
for the granting of a mining claim or mining lease over the non- 16
exclusive land.6 17
application of pt 13 to prospecting permit in approved opal 18
`Limited
or gem mining area 19
`426. This part applies to a proposed prospecting permit in an approved 20
opal or gem mining area only if under section 26C(1) or (1A) of the 21
Commonwealth Native Title Act the grant of the permit is not an act 22
excluded from the application of the right to negotiate provisions. 23
for pt 13 24
`Definitions
`427. In this part-- 25
"application notice" see section 430(1). 26
6 For the condition described in subsection (2)(b), see section 18(1)(a)
(Entitlements under prospecting permit).
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"consultation period" see section 433. 1
"low impact prospecting permit" see section 428. 2
of "low impact prospecting permit" 3
`Meaning
`428. For this part, a "low impact prospecting permit" is a prospecting 4
permit that-- 5
(a) is granted over land that is, or includes, non-exclusive land; and 6
(b) at least to the extent the permit is granted over non-exclusive land, 7
excludes all entitlement to enter for hand mining. 8
`Division 2--Notification requirements 9
of div 2 10
`Application
`429. This division states additional requirements that apply for the 11
granting of a low impact prospecting permit. 12
to notify 13
`Requirement
`430.(1) The applicant must give written notice ("application notice") 14
of the applicant's intention to lodge an application for a low impact 15
prospecting permit, or of the lodgement of the application, to-- 16
(a) each native title notification party for the land to which the 17
application relates; and 18
(b) the mining registrar. 19
`(2) The notice must be given no earlier than 14 days before the 20
lodgement and no later than 7 days after the lodgement. 21
`(3) The notice must state the following-- 22
(a) whether or not the application has been lodged; 23
(b) a description of the land; 24
(c) details of the activities proposed for the land; 25
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(d) an outline of the expected impact on the land of the proposed 1
activities; 2
(e) that the applicant must not act under the permit applied for to 3
enter non-exclusive land unless the applicant has complied with 4
all the applicant's obligations for consultation with the native title 5
notification parties provided for in division 3. 6
`(4) The notice may also state a day for consultation to start under 7
division 3. 8
`(5) The day must be at least 14 days after the giving of the notice to all 9
of the native title notification parties. 10
`Division 3--Consultation requirements before entry 11
to consult 12
`Requirement
`431.(1) It is a condition of a low impact prospecting permit that the 13
permit holder must not act under the permit to enter the non-exclusive land 14
unless the holder has consulted with each native title notification party for 15
the land to which the permit relates. 16
`(2) However, the condition does not require consultation with a native 17
title notification party about an entry if-- 18
(a) the native title notification party gives the holder a written notice 19
that the party does not wish to be consulted about an entry or 20
entries described in the written notice; and 21
(b) the entry conforms with the entry or entries described. 22
matters 23
`Consultation
`432.(1) The purpose of the consultation is to minimise the impact of the 24
permit holder's entry on land or waters in relation to which native title rights 25
and interests may exist and that will be affected by the entry. 26
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`(2) In particular, the consultation must be about the matters mentioned 1
in section 26A(7)7 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act, as follows-- 2
(a) the protection and avoidance of any area or site, on the land or 3
waters to which the native title rights and interests relate, of 4
particular significance to the persons holding the native title in 5
accordance with their traditional laws and customs; 6
(b) any access to the land or waters to which the native title rights and 7
interests relate by-- 8
(i) the persons mentioned in paragraph (a); or 9
(ii) any person who will do anything that is authorised because 10
of, or results from, or otherwise relates to, the entry; 11
(c) the way in which any other thing that is authorised because of, 12
results from, or otherwise relates to, the entry and affects native 13
title rights and interests, is to be done. 14
period 15
`Consultation
`433.(1) The "consultation period" for the permit holder's entry-- 16
(a) starts on the day (the "consultation start day")-- 17
(i) stated for that purpose in the application notice for the 18
permit; or 19
(ii) if the day was not stated in the application notice, stated in a 20
written notice given to each of the native title notification 21
parties by the holder; and 22
(b) ends 14 days after the consultation start day. 23
`(2) A notice under subsection (1)(a)(ii) must be given at least 14 days 24
before the consultation start day. 25
`(3) The holder and the native title notification parties may agree to 26
extend the consultation period. 27
7 Section 26A (Approved exploration etc. acts) of the Commonwealth Native Title
Act
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Amendment (No. 2)
`(4) If at any time the holder and the native title notification parties agree 1
there has been enough consultation, the consultation period is taken to end. 2
title notification parties may seek mediation 3
`Native
`434. In the consultation period, the native title notification parties may 4
ask the mining registrar to hold a conference for mediation about the permit 5
holder's entry. 6
of consultation 7
`Notice
`435.(1) The permit holder must, as soon as practicable after the 8
consultation period ends, give a written notice to the mining registrar about 9
the consultation. 10
`(2) The notice must state-- 11
(a) details of the consultation undertaken in the consultation period; 12
and 13
(b) any outcome of the consultation. 14
ART 14--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR 15
`P
MINING CLAIMS 16
1--Preliminary 17
`Division
of pt 14 18
`Purpose
`436.(1) The purpose of this part is-- 19
(a) to state additional requirements that apply for the granting of a 20
mining claim, or the variation or renewal of a mining claim, 21
under part 4 if the mining claim is to mine gold or tin in surface 22
alluvium over non-exclusive land; and 23
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(b) in stating the additional requirements, to provide a basis for a 1
determination by the Commonwealth Minister under 2
section 26B8 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act. 3
`(2) The purpose of this part is also-- 4
(a) to state additional requirements that apply for the granting of a 5
proposed mining claim, or variation or renewal of a mining 6
claim, under part 4 over non-exclusive land if the mining claim is 7
other than a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim; and 8
(b) in stating the additional requirements, to provide alternative 9
provisions under sections 43 and 43A of the Commonwealth 10
Native Title Act.9 11
of certain agreed mining claims from pt 14 12
`Exclusion
`437.This part does not apply to a mining claim-- 13
(a) if-- 14
(i) there is an indigenous land use agreement for an area 15
registered on the register of indigenous land use agreements; 16
and 17
(ii) the agreement provides that a mining claim, that must 18
include conditions stated or described in the agreement, may 19
be granted over land included in the area other than in 20
compliance with the right to negotiate provisions; and 21
(iii) the State is a party to the agreement; and 22
(iv) the mining claim includes the conditions mentioned in 23
subparagraph (ii); and 24
8 Section 26B (Approved gold or tin mining acts) of the Commonwealth Native
Title Act.
9 Sections 43 (Modification of Subdivision if satisfactory alternative State or
Territory provisions) and 43A (Exception to right to negotiate: satisfactory
State/Territory provisions) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act.
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(v) the mining claim is granted over land included in the area; or 1
(b) if the mining claim-- 2
(i) was the subject of negotiation under the right to negotiate 3
provisions; and 4
(ii) the negotiation resulted in an agreement that included an 5
entitlement for the applicant for the mining claim to apply 6
for and be granted the mining claim without further 7
consultation or negotiation. 8
application of pt 14 to mining claim in approved opal or gem 9
`Limited
mining area 10
`438. This part applies to an approved mining claim on an approved opal 11
or gem mining area only if under section 26C(1) of the Commonwealth 12
Native Title Act the grant of the claim is not an act excluded from the 13
application of the right to negotiate provisions. 14
for pt 14 15
`Definitions
`439. In this part-- 16
"applicant" means the applicant for the proposed surface alluvium (gold or 17
tin) mining claim. 18
"consultation agreement" see section 449(2). 19
"consultation parties" see section 444. 20
"consultation matters" includes the purpose of consultation stated in 21
section 447(1) and the matters that consultation must be about under 22
section 447(2). 23
"consultation period" see section 446. 24
"consultation result notice" see section 449(1). 25
"consultation start day" see section 443(3). 26
"surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim" see section 440. 27
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of "surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim" 1
`Meaning
`440. For this part, a "surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim" is 2
a mining claim-- 3
(a) that is granted over non-exclusive land; and 4
(b) under which the only right to mine is the right to mine gold or tin 5
in surface alluvium; and 6
(c) under which the only way gold or tin may be recovered from the 7
material that is mined is by a washing or an aeration process; and 8
(d) under which a person given the right to mine must, to minimise 9
the impact of mining, rehabilitate any area of land or waters-- 10
(i) in which mining takes place; and 11
(ii) over which native title rights and interests may exist. 12
2--Surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claims 13
`Division
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 14
of div 2 15
`Application
`441. This division states additional requirements that apply for the 16
granting of a proposed surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim over 17
non-exclusive land under part 4. 18
`Subdivision 2--Notification requirements and right to be heard 19
to notify 20
`Requirement
`442.(1) The applicant must give written notice of the applicant's 21
intention to lodge an application for a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining 22
claim, or of the lodgement of the application, to-- 23
(a) each native title notification party for the land to which the 24
application relates; and 25
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(b) the mining registrar. 1
`(2) The notice must be given-- 2
(a) no earlier than 2 months before the lodgement; and 3
(b) no later than-- 4
(i) the end of the period of 7 days after the certificate of 5
application for the proposed mining claim is endorsed by the 6
mining registrar under section 64(2);10 or 7
(ii) if the mining registrar decides a longer period under 8
section 64(6), the end of the longer period. 9
`(3) The notice must state the following-- 10
(a) whether or not the application has been lodged; 11
(b) a description of the land; 12
(c) details of the activities proposed for the land; 13
(d) an outline of the expected impact on the land of the proposed 14
activities; 15
(e) that the applicant must consult with-- 16
(i) each registered native title body corporate for the land to 17
which the application relates; and 18
(ii) each registered native title claimant for the land; 19
(f) a day (the "consultation start day") for consultation to start 20
under subdivision 3 that is at least 2 months after the giving of the 21
notice to all of the native title notification parties; 22
(g) that the native title notification parties have a right to be heard by 23
the tribunal about whether the claim should be granted and other 24
matters relating to the grant. 25
title notification parties' right to be heard 26
`Native
`443.(1) Each native title notification party for the land to which the 27
10 Section 64 (Certificate of application etc.)
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application relates has a right to be heard by the tribunal about-- 1
(a) whether the surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim applied 2
for is to be granted; and 3
(b) any other matter relating to the grant. 4
`(2) A native title notification party may, by a notice in writing to the 5
mining registrar, waive the party's right to be heard. 6
3--Consultation requirements 7
`Subdivision
parties 8
`Consultation
`444. The "consultation parties", for a surface alluvium (gold or tin) 9
mining claim application, are-- 10
(a) the applicant; and 11
(b) each registered native title body corporate for the land to which 12
the application relates; and 13
(c) each registered native title claimant for the land. 14
to consult 15
`Requirement
`445.(1) The applicant must consult with each other consultation party. 16
`(2) However, the applicant is not required to consult with another 17
consultation party if the other party has given the applicant a written notice 18
stating that the party does not wish to be consulted about the application. 19
period 20
`Consultation
`446.(1) The "consultation period" for the application is the period that 21
starts on the consultation start day and ends 2 months after that day. 22
`(2) However, if at any time all the consultation parties agree there has 23
been enough consultation, the consultation period is taken to end. 24
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matters 1
`Consultation
`447.(1) The purpose of the consultation is to minimise the impact of the 2
granting of the surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim applied for on 3
land or waters in relation to which native title rights and interests may exist 4
and that will be affected by the granting of the mining claim. 5
`(2) In particular, the consultation must be about the matters mentioned 6
in section 26B(8)11 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act, as follows-- 7
(a) the protection and avoidance of any area or site, on the land or 8
waters to which the native title rights and interests relate, of 9
particular significance to the persons holding the native title in 10
accordance with their traditional laws and customs; 11
(b) any access to the land or waters to which the native title rights and 12
interests relate by-- 13
(i) the persons mentioned in paragraph (a); or 14
(ii) any person who will do anything that is authorised because 15
of, or results from, or otherwise relates to, the mining claim 16
applied for; 17
(c) the way in which any rehabilitation or other thing that is 18
authorised because of, results from, or otherwise relates to, the 19
mining claim applied for, is to be done. 20
parties may seek mediation 21
`Consultation
`448.(1) In the consultation period, the consultation parties may ask the 22
mining registrar to hold a conference for mediation about the application. 23
`(2) Section 6512 applies to the conference as if the request were a request 24
by an owner of land affected by the application. 25
11 Section 26B (Approved gold or tin mining acts) of the Commonwealth Native
Title Act
12 Section 65 (Mining registrar may call conference in some cases)
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of result of consultation 1
`Notice
`449.(1) The applicant must, as soon as practicable after the consultation 2
period ends, give a written notice (a "consultation result notice") to the 3
mining registrar. 4
`(2) The notice must state the following-- 5
(a) any outcome of the consultation; 6
(b) whether the consultation parties have reached an agreement for 7
the granting of the surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim 8
applied for (a "consultation agreement"); 9
(c) if a consultation agreement has been reached, details of the 10
agreement, including any agreed conditions for the grant. 11
`(3) The additional requirements provided for in subdivision 4 stop 12
applying to the application if-- 13
(a) a consultation result notice has been given; and 14
(b) a consultation agreement has been reached; and 15
(c) all other native title notification parties for the land to which the 16
application relates have waived their rights to be heard. 17
4--Hearing requirements 18
`Subdivision
of sdiv 4 19
`Application
`450. This subdivision applies only if-- 20
(a) the consultation period for an application for the granting of the 21
surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim has ended; and 22
(b) any of the following applies-- 23
(i) a consultation agreement has not been reached about the 24
application; 25
(ii) a consultation result notice has not been given for the 26
application within 7 days after the end of the period; 27
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(iii) all other native title notification parties for the land to which 1
the application relates have not waived their rights to be 2
heard. 3
of combined hearing day 4
`Fixing
`451.(1) The mining registrar must fix a day for the tribunal to hear the 5
application under section 72.13 6
`(2) The mining registrar must give written notice of the day to-- 7
(a) each consultation party for the application; and 8
(b) all other native title notification parties for the land to which the 9
application relates who have not waived their rights to be heard. 10
`(3) The notice must state that, at the hearing, each of the native title 11
notification parties has a right to be heard by the tribunal about-- 12
(a) whether the surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim applied 13
for is to be granted; and 14
(b) any consultation matter. 15
`(4) The mining registrar must not, under section 74,14 grant the 16
application without a hearing. 17
must consider consultation matters and agreed issues 18
`Tribunal
`452. In hearing the application under section 77 and in making a 19
decision under section 78, the tribunal must take into account-- 20
(a) the consultation matters; and 21
(b) any issue agreed between the consultation parties; and 22
(c) any other matter raised before the tribunal by a native title 23
notification party. 24
13 Section 72 (Mining regulation to fix hearing date)
14 Section 74 (Grant of mining claim to which no objection lodged)
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time requirement for hearing 1
`General
`453.(1) The tribunal must take all reasonable steps to ensure the hearing 2
for the application is finished-- 3
(a) within 3 months after the day the consultation parties were 4
notified of the hearing; or 5
(b) as soon as practicable. 6
`(2) However, if the consultation parties ask, the tribunal may-- 7
(a) provide mediation about the issues in dispute to the extent that it 8
considers referral of the parties to mediation will be consistent 9
with finishing the combined hearing as soon as practicable; or 10
(b) order further consultation on conditions it considers appropriate. 11
`Subdivision 5--Notice of grant 12
to other consultation parties 13
`Notice
`454.(1) This section applies if the mining registrar grants a surface 14
alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim over non-exclusive land. 15
`(2) The holder of the mining claim must give written notice of the grant 16
to each other consultation party for the application for the mining claim. 17
`(3) The notice must be given within 28 days after the holder receives 18
notice of the grant. 19
3--Other mining claims on alternative provision areas 20
`Division
of div 3 21
`Application
`455.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 22
granting of a proposed mining claim over non-exclusive land under part 4, 23
other than a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim. 24
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`(2) The additional requirements apply to the extent the non-exclusive 1
land includes all or part of an alternative provision area, unless an election is 2
made under subsection (3). 3
`(3) The applicant may elect that the additional requirements stated in 4
division 4 apply instead of the additional requirements stated in this 5
division. 6
for grant 7
`Requirement
`456.(1) The additional requirements applying under part 17, division 315 8
for the granting of a proposed mining lease also apply for the granting of 9
the proposed mining claim. 10
`(2) The requirements apply-- 11
(a) in addition to the requirements of part 4;16 and 12
(b) to the greatest practicable extent. 13
`(3) However, for applying section 58717 and other provisions about 14
consultation and negotiation parties, the State is not a consultation and 15
negotiation party. 16
pt 17, div 3 for grant 17
`Applying
`457.(1) This section-- 18
(a) applies for applying the provisions of part 17, division 3; and 19
(b) does not limit section 456(1). 20
(2) Section 601(2)18 is taken to require that the mining registrar may not 21
act under section 74 to grant the mining claim unless a negotiated agreement 22
has been reached. 23
15 Part 17 (Native title provisions for mining leases), division 3 (Other mining
leases on alternative provision areas)
16 Part 4 (Mining claims)
17 Section 587 (Parties to consultation and negotiation)
18 Section 601 (Combined hearing)
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(3) Sections 602(1)(b), 606 and 60919 do not apply. 1
(4) For applying section 60720-- 2
(a) if the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining claim 3
may be granted--the tribunal is not stopped from instructing the 4
mining registrar to grant the proposed mining claim; and 5
(b) if the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining claim 6
may be granted subject to conditions to be included in the mining 7
claim--the tribunal is not stopped from instructing the mining 8
registrar to grant the proposed mining claim subject to the 9
conditions; and 10
(c) if the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining claim 11
may be granted subject to contract conditions--the tribunal is not 12
stopped from instructing the mining registrar to grant the 13
proposed mining claim; and 14
(d) if the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining claim 15
should not be granted--the tribunal must instruct the mining 16
registrar to reject the application. 17
`Division 4--Other mining claims not on alternative provision areas 18
of div 4 19
`Application
`458.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 20
granting of a proposed mining claim over non-exclusive land under part 4, 21
other than a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining claim. 22
`(2) The additional requirements do not apply for non-exclusive land that 23
is an alternative provision area unless, under section 455, the additional 24
requirements in this division are applied instead of the additional 25
requirements in division 3. 26
19 Sections 602 (Fixing of date for combined hearing), 606 (Overruling of native
title issues decision) and 609 (Deferred matters)
20 Section 607 (Effect of native title issues decision)
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for grant 1
`Requirement
`459.(1) The additional requirements applying under part 17, division 421 2
for the granting of a proposed mining lease also apply for the granting of 3
the proposed mining claim. 4
`(2) The requirements apply-- 5
(a) in addition to the requirements of part 4;22 and 6
(b) to the greatest practicable extent. 7
pt 17, div 4 for grant 8
`Applying
`460.(1) This section-- 9
(a) applies for applying the provisions of part 17, division 4; and 10
(b) does not limit section 459(1). 11
`(2) Section 633(2)23 is taken to require that the mining registrar may not 12
act under section 74 to grant the mining claim unless a negotiated agreement 13
has been reached. 14
`(3) Sections 634(1)(b), 638 and 64124 do not apply. 15
`(4) For applying section 63925-- 16
(a) if the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining claim 17
may be granted--the tribunal is not stopped from instructing the 18
mining registrar to grant the proposed mining claim; and 19
21 Part 17 (Native title provisions for mining leases), division 4 (Other mining
leases on non-alternative provision areas)
22 Part 4 (Mining claims)
23 Section 633 (Combined hearing)
24 Sections 634 (Fixing of date for combined hearing), 638 (Overruling of native
title issues decision) and 641 (Deferred matters)
25 Section 639 (Effect of native title issues decision)
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(b) if the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining claim 1
may be granted subject to conditions to be included in the mining 2
claim--the tribunal is not stopped from instructing the mining 3
registrar to grant the proposed mining claim subject to the 4
conditions; and 5
(c) if the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining claim 6
may be granted subject to contract conditions--the tribunal is not 7
stopped from instructing the mining registrar to grant the 8
proposed mining claim; and 9
(d) if the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining claim 10
should not be granted--the tribunal must instruct the mining 11
registrar to reject the application. 12
5--Renewals of mining claims 13
`Division
of div 5 14
`Application
`461.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 15
renewal of a mining claim over non-exclusive land under part 4. 16
`(2) However, the additional requirements do not apply for the renewal 17
of the mining claim if-- 18
(a) the renewed claim does not extend the area to which the mining 19
claim relates; and 20
(b) the term of the renewed claim is no longer than the term of the 21
mining claim; and 22
(c) no rights are created in connection with the renewed claim that 23
were not held under the mining claim. 24
for renewal 25
`Requirements
`462.(1) If the mining claim is a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining 26
claim, division 2 applies, with necessary changes, to the renewal of the 27
mining claim as if the renewal were the granting of the mining claim. 28
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`(2) If the mining claim is not a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining 1
claim, divisions 3 and 4 apply, with necessary changes, to the renewal of 2
the mining claim as if the renewal were the granting of the mining claim. 3
6--Requirements for subsidiary approvals 4
`Division
for approval--adding minerals to mining claim 5
`Requirements
`463.(1) This division applies to an application, under section 105,26 for 6
approval to add stated minerals to a mining claim over non-exclusive land. 7
`(2) Divisions 3 and 4 apply, with necessary changes, to the application 8
as if the approval were the granting of a mining claim. 9
ART 15--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR 10
`P
EXPLORATION PERMITS 11
1--Preliminary 12
`Division
of pt 15 13
`Purpose
`464.(1) The purpose of this part is-- 14
(a) to state additional requirements that apply for-- 15
(i) the granting of a proposed exploration permit, or the 16
variation or renewal of an exploration permit, under part 5 if 17
the permit is a low impact exploration permit over 18
non-exclusive land; and 19
(ii) the exercise of the entitlement, under a low impact 20
exploration permit, to enter non-exclusive land; and 21
26 Section 105 (Mining other minerals)
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(b) in stating the additional requirements, to provide a basis for a 1
determination by the Commonwealth Minister under 2
section 26A27 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act. 3
`(2) The purpose of this part is also-- 4
(a) to state additional requirements that apply for the granting of a 5
proposed exploration permit, or the variation or renewal of an 6
exploration permit, under part 5 if the permit is a high impact 7
exploration permit over-- 8
(i) an alternative provision area; or 9
(ii) non-exclusive land other than land that includes all or part of 10
an alternative provision area; and 11
(b) in stating the additional requirements, to provide alternative 12
provisions under sections 43 and 43A of the Commonwealth 13
Native Title Act.28 14
of certain agreed exploration permits from pt 15 15
`Exclusion
`465.This part does not apply to an exploration permit-- 16
(a) if-- 17
(i) there is an indigenous land use agreement for an area 18
registered on the register of indigenous land use agreements; 19
and 20
(ii) the agreement provides that an exploration permit, that must 21
include conditions stated or described in the agreement, may 22
be granted over land included in the area other than in 23
compliance with the right to negotiate provisions; and 24
(iii) the State is a party to the indigenous land use agreement; and 25
(iv) the exploration permit includes the conditions mentioned in 26
27 Section 26A (Approved exploration etc. acts) of the Commonwealth Native Title
Act
28 Sections 43 (Modification of Subdivision if satisfactory alternative State or
Territory provisions) and 43A (Exception to right to negotiate: satisfactory
State/Territory provisions) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act.
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subparagraph (ii); and 1
(v) the exploration permit is granted over land included in the 2
area; or 3
(b) if the exploration permit-- 4
(i) was the subject of negotiation under the right to negotiate 5
provisions; and 6
(ii) the negotiation resulted in an agreement that included an 7
entitlement for the applicant for the exploration permit to 8
apply for and be granted the exploration permit without 9
further consultation, or negotiation. 10
of application of pt 15 to exploration permit in approved 11
`Limitation
opal or gem mining area 12
`466. This part applies to a proposed exploration permit in an approved 13
opal or gem mining area only if under section 26C(1A) of the 14
Commonwealth Native Title Act the grant of the permit is not an act 15
excluded from the application of the right to negotiate provisions. 16
of "low impact exploration permit" 17
`Meaning
`467. For this part, a "low impact exploration permit" is an exploration 18
permit that-- 19
(a) is granted over land that is, or that includes, non-exclusive land; 20
and 21
(b) has a condition that only low impact activities may be carried out 22
under the permit. 23
of "low impact activity" 24
`Meaning
`468. For this part, a "low impact activity", for an exploration 25
permit, means the following activities-- 26
(a) aerial surveys; 27
28
Examples--
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geological, geophysical, photogrammetric and topographic aerial surveys.
(b) geological and surveying field work that does not involve 2
clearing; 3
4
Examples--
5
· flagging of sites and sample locations
6
· geological reconnaissance and field mapping
7
· surveying that does not involve clearing.
(c) sampling by hand methods; 8
9
Examples--
10
· grab sampling
11
· mine tailings and mine mullock sampling
12
· panning and sieving
13
· rock chip sampling
14
· stream sediment sampling (disturbed and undisturbed samples)
15
· soil sampling (disturbed and undisturbed samples)
16
· water sampling.
(d) ground-based geological surveys that do not involve clearing; 17
18
Examples--
19
· potential-field methods of surveying, including, for example,
20
gravity, magnetic and radiometric surveys
21
· electrical methods of surveying, including, for example,
22
electromagnetic, ground penetrating radar, induced polarisation and
23
resistivity surveys
24
· seismic methods of surveying, including, for example, `hammer',
25
refraction and vibration-sourced surveys.
(e) drilling and activities associated with drilling that does not involve 26
clearing, site excavation or drill pad excavation; 27
28
Examples--
29
· auger drilling
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· downhole geophysical logging that does not involve clearing or site
2
excavation
3
· mechanical drilling that does not involve clearing or drill pad
4
excavation.
(f) environmental field work that does not involve clearing. 5
6
Examples--
7
· cultural heritage, environmental and geobotanical surveys
8
· environmental monitoring.
of "high impact exploration permit" 9
`Meaning
`469. For this part, a "high impact exploration permit" is an 10
exploration permit that-- 11
(a) is granted over land that is, or includes, non-exclusive land; and 12
(b) has a condition that activities may be carried out under the permit, 13
whether or not the activities are low impact activities. 14
`Division 2--Low impact exploration permits 15
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 16
of div 2 17
`Application
`470. This division states additional requirements for the granting of a 18
proposed low impact exploration permit over non-exclusive land. 19
for div 2 20
`Definitions
`471. In this division-- 21
"application notice" see section 472(1). 22
"consultation period" see section 475(1). 23
"consultation start day", for an exploration permit, see section 475(1)(a). 24
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2--Notification requirements 1
`Subdivision
to notify 2
`Requirement
`472.(1) The applicant must give written notice ("application notice") 3
of the applicant's intention to lodge an application for a low impact 4
exploration permit, or of the lodgement of the application, to-- 5
(a) each native title notification party for the land to which the 6
application relates; and 7
(b) the mining registrar. 8
`(2) The notice must be given no earlier than 1 month before the 9
lodgement and no later than 7 days after the lodgement. 10
`(3) The notice must state the following-- 11
(a) whether or not the application has been lodged; 12
(b) a description of the land; 13
(c) details of the activities proposed for the land; 14
(d) an outline of the expected impact on the land of the proposed 15
activities; 16
(e) that the applicant must not act under the permit applied for to 17
enter non-exclusive land unless the applicant has complied with 18
all the applicant's obligations for consultation with the native title 19
notification parties provided for in subdivision 3. 20
`(4) The notice may also state a day for consultation to start under 21
subdivision 3. 22
`(5) The day must be at least 1 month after the giving of the notice to all 23
of the native title notification parties. 24
3--Consultation requirements before entry 25
`Subdivision
to consult 26
`Requirement
`473.(1) It is a condition of a low impact exploration permit that the 27
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permit holder must not act under the permit to enter non-exclusive land 1
unless the holder has consulted with each native title notification party for 2
the land to which the permit relates. 3
`(2) However, the condition does not require consultation with a native 4
title notification party about an entry if-- 5
(a) the native title notification party gives the holder a written notice 6
that the party does not wish to be consulted about an entry or 7
entries described in the written notice; and 8
(b) the entry conforms with the entry or entries described. 9
matters 10
`Consultation
`474.(1) The purpose of the consultation is to minimise the impact of the 11
permit holder's entry on land or waters in relation to which native title rights 12
and interests may exist and that will be affected by the entry. 13
`(2) In particular, the consultation must be about the matters mentioned 14
in section 26A(7)29 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act, as follows-- 15
(a) the protection and avoidance of any area or site, on the land or 16
waters to which the native title rights and interests relate, of 17
particular significance to the persons holding the native title in 18
accordance with their traditional laws and customs; 19
(b) any access to the land or waters to which the native title rights and 20
interests relate by-- 21
(i) the persons mentioned in paragraph (a); or 22
(ii) any person who will do anything that is authorised because 23
of, or results from, or otherwise relates to, the entry; 24
(c) the way in which any other thing that is authorised because of, 25
results from, or otherwise relates to, the entry and affects native 26
title rights and interests, is to be done. 27
29 Section 26A (Approved exploration etc. acts) of the Commonwealth Native Title
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`Consultation
`475.(1) The "consultation period" for the entry-- 2
(a) starts on the day (the "consultation start day")-- 3
(i) stated for that purpose in the application notice for the 4
permit; or 5
(ii) if the day was not stated in the application notice, stated in a 6
written notice given to each of the native title notification 7
parties by the permit holder; and 8
(b) ends 2 months after the start day. 9
`(2) A notice under subsection (1)(a)(ii) must be given at least 1 month 10
before the start day. 11
`(3) The holder and the native title notification parties may agree to 12
extend the consultation period. 13
`(4) If at any time the holder and the native title notification parties agree 14
there has been enough consultation, the consultation period is taken to be 15
ended. 16
title notification parties may seek mediation 17
`Native
`476.(1) In the consultation period, the native title notification parties may 18
ask the mining registrar to hold a conference for mediation about the 19
application. 20
`(2) Section 16930 applies to the conference as if the request were a 21
request by an owner of land affected by the application. 22
of consultation 23
`Notice
`477.(1) The permit holder must, as soon as practicable after the 24
consultation period ends, give a written notice to the mining registrar about 25
the consultation. 26
`(2) The notice must state-- 27
30 Section 169 (Mining registrar may call conference in some cases)
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(a) details of the consultation undertaken in the consultation period; 1
and 2
(b) any outcome of the consultation. 3
3--High impact exploration permits on alternative provision 4
`Division
areas 5
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 6
of div 3 7
`Application
`478.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 8
granting of a proposed high impact exploration permit over non-exclusive 9
land. 10
`(2) The additional requirements apply to the extent the non-exclusive 11
land includes all or part of an alternative provision area, unless an election is 12
made under subsection (3). 13
`(3) The applicant may elect that the additional requirements stated in 14
division 4 apply instead of the additional requirements stated in this 15
division. 16
for div 3 17
`Definitions
`479. In this division-- 18
"applicant" means the applicant for the proposed high impact exploration 19
permit. 20
"application notice" see section 480(1). 21
"closing day (native title issues)", for the proposed high impact 22
exploration permit, see section 481(3). 23
"consultation period", for the proposed high impact exploration permit, 24
means the period described in section 490. 25
"consultation start day" see section 489(1). 26
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"hearing day" see section 489(2). 1
"notification day (native title issues)", for the proposed high impact 2
exploration permit, see section 481(2). 3
"objector" see section 492(3). 4
"registered native title party", for the proposed high impact exploration 5
permit, means a person who is a registered native title claimant or a 6
registered native title body corporate. 7
`Subdivision 2--Notification requirements and right to be heard 8
to notify 9
`Requirement
`480.(1) The applicant must give a written notice ("application notice") 10
about the proposed high impact exploration permit to all native title 11
notification parties for the alternative provision area over which the 12
proposed permit is to be granted. 13
`(2) The notice must be given within 14 days of the applicant being 14
notified of the Minister's decision, under section 144(1) or (3),31 of the 15
amount of security to be deposited if the permit is granted. 16
`(3) The notice may be about more than 1 proposed permit. 17
of notice 18
`Content
`481.(1) The application notice must state the following-- 19
(a) the following days for the proposed high impact exploration 20
permit-- 21
(i) the notification day (native title issues); 22
(ii) the closing day (native title issues); 23
(b) a clear description of the alternative provision area; 24
(c) a description of the nature of the proposed permit; 25
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(d) that the proposed permit, if granted, will be granted by the 1
Minister; 2
(e) how further information about the proposed permit can be 3
obtained from the applicant or the mining registrar; 4
(f) that registered native title parties have a right to object to the 5
granting of the proposed permit so far as it affects their registered 6
native title rights and interests; 7
(g) that an objection must-- 8
(i) be in the approved form; and 9
(ii) state the grounds for objection and the facts and 10
circumstances relied on in support of the grounds; and 11
(iii) be lodged with the mining registrar on or before the closing 12
day (native title issues); 13
(h) that if a registered native title party objects, the applicant must 14
consult with the party. 15
`(2) The "notification day (native title issues)" must be a day that may 16
reasonably be assumed to be a day by which the written notice will have 17
been received by the persons to whom it is to be given. 18
`(3) The "closing day (native title issues)" must be a day at least 2 19
months after the notification day (native title issues). 20
to mining registrar 21
`Advice
`482.(1) Within 1 month of being notified of the Minister's decision, 22
under section 144(1) or (3), the applicant must give the mining registrar a 23
statutory declaration declaring that the applicant has given an application 24
notice under this subdivision. 25
`(2) If the mining registrar considers an application notice has not been 26
given under this subdivision, the mining registrar may fix a further period 27
for the giving of the notice. 28
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`Right
`483.(1) Each registered native title party has a right to object to the 2
granting of the proposed high impact exploration permit so far as it affects 3
their registered native title rights and interests. 4
`(2) An objection must-- 5
(a) be in the approved form; and 6
(b) state the grounds for objection and the facts and circumstances 7
relied on in support of the grounds; and 8
(c) be lodged with the mining registrar on or before the closing day 9
(native title issues). 10
of additional requirements if no objection lodged 11
`Ending
`484. If no objection is lodged by the closing day (native title issues), the 12
additional requirements under subdivisions 3 and 4 stop applying for the 13
proposed high impact exploration permit. 14
`Subdivision 3--Consultation and mediation 15
of sdiv 3 16
`Application
`485. This subdivision applies only if an objection is lodged by the 17
closing day (native title issues). 18
of objections by mining registrar 19
`Notice
`486. The mining registrar, must as soon as practicable after the closing 20
day (native title issues) give the applicant-- 21
(a) a copy of each objection; and 22
(b) a written notice that the applicant must-- 23
(i) consult with all objectors; and 24
(ii) fix the consultation start day; and 25
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(iii) give written notice of the day to each objector and the mining 1
registrar. 2
to consult 3
`Requirement
`487. The applicant must consult with each objector under this 4
subdivision. 5
matters 6
`Consultation
`488. The consultation must be about ways of minimising the effect of 7
the grant of the proposed high impact exploration permit on registered 8
native title rights and interests in relation to the land or waters concerned, 9
including any access to the land or waters or the way in which anything 10
authorised by the permit may be done. 11
of consultation start day and hearing day 12
`Fixing
`489.(1) The applicant must-- 13
(a) fix a day (the "consultation start day") for the consultation to 14
start; and 15
(b) give written notice of the day to each objector and the mining 16
registrar. 17
`(2) The mining registrar must, as soon as practicable after receiving the 18
notice, fix a day (the "hearing day") for the tribunal to hear the objections. 19
`(3) The hearing day must be after the consultation period ends. 20
`(4) After fixing the hearing day, the mining registrar must notify the 21
applicant and each objector of the day. 22
period 23
`Consultation
`490. The "consultation period" for the proposed high impact 24
exploration permit starts on the consultation start day and ends-- 25
(a) if paragraph (b) does not apply--2 months after the consultation 26
start day; or 27
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(b) if the consultation and negotiation parties agree on a time, which 1
must be later than the time that would otherwise apply under 2
paragraph (a), and advise the mining registrar in writing of the 3
agreed later time--at the agreed later time. 4
for mediation 5
`Request
`491.(1) At any time in the consultation period, the applicant or an 6
objector may ask for mediation to help in resolving issues relevant to the 7
consultation. 8
`(2) If a request for mediation is made, mediation must be carried out in 9
the consultation period by-- 10
(a) a mediator chosen by the applicant and the objectors; or 11
(b) if the applicant and the objectors are not able to agree on a 12
mediator and the applicant or an objector asks the tribunal to 13
provide the mediation--the tribunal, or a mediator chosen by the 14
tribunal. 15
for consultation--guidelines for applicant 16
`Process
`492.(1) This section sets out guidelines for the applicant to consult under 17
this subdivision. 18
`(2) The consultation should start as soon as practicable after the 19
consultation period starts. 20
`(3) The applicant should-- 21
(a) give each registered native title party for the alternative provision 22
area who objects under section 483 ("objector") information 23
about the activities under the application; and 24
(b) convene at least 1 meeting ("consultation meeting") to provide a 25
reasonable opportunity for all objectors to be given a presentation 26
about the proposed high impact exploration permit. 27
`(4) A consultation meeting may be-- 28
(a) in the town or city where the mining registrar's office is located; 29
or 30
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(b) in a town or city in which there is an office of the representative 1
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for the area that includes 2
the alternative provision area; or 3
(c) another place agreed between the applicant and the objectors. 4
`(5) Subject to subsection (4), a consultation meeting should be at a time 5
and place suitable for maximising attendance. 6
`(6) If the applicant has convened a consultation meeting under 7
subsection (3)(b), the meeting has taken to have happened even though not 8
all, or none, of the objectors attend the meeting. 9
`(7) A presentation should be directed at providing objectors with an 10
understanding of the anticipated nature, extent and impact of the proposed 11
permit. 12
for consultation--agreement with or without conditions 13
`Process
`493.(1) This section applies if an agreement is obtained, whether or not 14
the agreement includes conditions to be complied with by the applicant or 15
an objector if the proposed high impact exploration permit is granted. 16
`(2) The applicant and the objectors must give a written notice to the 17
mining registrar stating that an agreement has been obtained for the grant of 18
the permit. 19
`(3) When the notice is given, the additional requirements provided for 20
under subdivision 4 stop applying to the proposed permit. 21
for consultation--agreement with conditions 22
`Process
`494.(1) This section applies if an agreement is obtained, and the 23
agreement includes conditions to be complied with by the applicant or an 24
objector if the proposed high impact exploration permit is granted. 25
`(2) The agreement has effect, if the proposed permit is granted, as if-- 26
(a) the conditions included in the agreement are the terms of a 27
contract; and 28
(b) the applicant and the objector are parties to the contract; and 29
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(c) if an objector is a registered native title claimant--any individual 1
included in the native title claim group concerned is a party to the 2
contract. 3
`(3) Subsection (2) has effect in addition to any other effect that the 4
agreement may have apart from under subsection (2). 5
`Subdivision 4--Hearing of objections and tribunal's decision 6
of objections by tribunal 7
`Hearing
`495. If the consultation period has ended and agreement has not been 8
obtained, the tribunal must hear the objections on the hearing day. 9
for hearing 10
`Directions
`496. The tribunal may give directions to the applicant and the objectors, 11
including directions about the filing and serving of-- 12
(a) a statement by each objector, stating the effect of the proposed 13
high impact exploration permit on the objector's registered native 14
title rights and interests; or 15
(b) submissions by the applicant or any objector on the matters the 16
tribunal must consider at the hearing. 17
tribunal must consider 18
`Matters
`497. In making a decision, the tribunal must consider-- 19
(a) the content of all objections lodged; and 20
(b) the effect of the proposed high impact exploration permit on each 21
objector's registered native title rights and interests; and 22
(c) any way to minimise the proposed permit's impact on the 23
registered native title rights and interests of the objectors, 24
including in relation to-- 25
(i) any access to the land over which the proposed permit is to 26
be granted; and 27
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(ii) the way in which anything authorised under the proposed 1
permit might be done. 2
time requirement for hearing 3
`General
`498.(1) The tribunal must take all reasonable steps to ensure the decision 4
is made within 2 months after the hearing day. 5
`(2) If the decision is not made within the 2 months, the tribunal must, as 6
soon as practicable after the 2 months ends, give a written notice to the 7
Minister-- 8
(a) advising why the decision has not yet been made; and 9
(b) giving an estimate of when the decision is likely to be made. 10
of tribunal's decision 11
`Nature
`499. The Tribunal's decision must be a recommendation to the Minister 12
that-- 13
(a) the objections be overruled; or 14
(b) the objections be upheld; or 15
(c) the proposed high impact exploration permit be granted, but that it 16
contain conditions relating to an objector's registered native title 17
rights and interests. 18
of tribunal's decision 19
`Overruling
`500.(1) The Minister may overrule the decision only if-- 20
(a) the Minister principally responsible for indigenous affairs is 21
consulted; and 22
(b) the consultation is taken into account; and 23
(c) it is in the interests of Queensland to overrule the decision.32 24
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`(2) If the Minister overrules the decision, the Minister must make a 1
substituted decision, and the substituted decision as the same effect as the 2
decision. 3
`(3) The Minister must give a copy of the substituted decision to the 4
tribunal, the applicant and each objector. 5
`(4) In this section-- 6
"in the interests of Queensland" includes-- 7
(a) for the social or economic benefit of Queensland, including of 8
Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders); and 9
(b) in the interests of the relevant region or locality in Queensland. 10
4--High impact exploration permits not on alternative 11
`Division
provision areas 12
of div 4 13
`Application
`501.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 14
granting of a proposed high impact exploration permit over non-exclusive 15
land. 16
`(2) The additional requirements do not apply for non-exclusive land that 17
is an alternative provision area, unless, under section 478 the additional 18
requirements in this division are applied instead of the additional 19
requirements in division 3. 20
for grant 21
`Requirements
`502.(1) The additional requirements applying under part 17, division 4 22
for the granting of a proposed mining lease also apply for the granting of 23
the proposed high impact exploration permit. 24
`(2) The requirements apply-- 25
(a) in addition to the requirements of part 5; and 26
(b) to the greatest practicable extent. 27
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pt 17, div 4 for grant 1
`Applying
`503.(1) This section-- 2
(a) applies for applying the provisions of part 17, division 4; and 3
(b) does not limit section 502(1). 4
(2) For applying section 613,33 the following period is substituted for the 5
periods mentioned in section 613(3)(b)(i) and (ii), that is, the period of 14 6
days after the applicant is notified of the Minister's decision under 7
section 144(1)34 or (3) of the amount of security to be deposited if the 8
permit is granted. 9
(3) For applying section 620,35 the following day is substituted for the 10
day mentioned in 620(1)(b), that is, the day the applicant is notified of the 11
Minister's decision under section 144(1) or (3) of the amount of security to 12
be deposited if the permit is granted. 13
(4) For applying part 17, division 4, subdivisions 4 and 5,36 if the 14
proposed exploration permit is referred to the tribunal for a native title 15
issues decision, there is not a combined hearing, but a hearing is held for the 16
native title issues decision, including the hearing of any objections lodged 17
under section 62937 as applied under this section. 18
(5) The Minister must not grant the exploration permit under 19
section 13738 unless-- 20
(a) the additional requirements provided for under part 17, division 4, 21
as applied under this section, have stopped applying to the 22
proposed exploration permit; or 23
(b) a native title issues decision has been made for the proposed 24
33 Section 613 (Requirement to notify)
34 Section 144 (Provision of security)
35 Section 620 (Consultation and negotiation period)
36 Part 17 (Native title provisions for mining leases), division 4 (Other mining
leases not on alternative provision area), subdivisions 4 (Referral and native title
issues decision) and 5 (Requirements for combined hearing)
37 Section 629 (Objection during consultation and negotiation period)
38 Section 137 (Grant of exploration permit)
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exploration permit. 1
`Division 5--Renewals of exploration permits 2
of div 5 3
`Application
`504.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 4
renewal of an exploration permit over non-exclusive land under part 5. 5
`(2) The additional requirements do not apply for the renewal of the 6
exploration permit if-- 7
(a) the renewed permit does not extend the area to which the 8
exploration permit relates; and 9
(b) the term of the renewed permit is no longer than the term of the 10
exploration permit; and 11
(c) no rights are created in connection with the renewed permit that 12
were not held under the exploration permit. 13
for renewal 14
`Requirements
`505.(1) If the exploration permit is a low impact exploration permit, 15
division 2 applies, with the necessary changes, to the renewal of the 16
exploration permit as if the renewal were the granting of the exploration 17
permit. 18
`(2) If the exploration permit is a high impact exploration permit, 19
divisions 3 and 4 apply, with the necessary changes, to the renewal of the 20
exploration permit as if the renewal were the granting of the exploration 21
permit. 22
6--Requirements for subsidiary approvals 23
`Division
of div 6 24
`Application
`506. This division applies to the following applications-- 25
(a) an application to vary the conditions of a low impact exploration 26
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permit over non-exclusive land to allow for high impact 1
exploration activities; 2
(b) an application to vary the conditions of a high impact exploration 3
permit on an alternative provision area to allow for high impact 4
exploration activities on non-exclusive land, other than land that 5
includes all or part of an alternative provision area; 6
(c) an application to vary the conditions of an exploration permit 7
granted on land where native title has been extinguished to include 8
non-exclusive land. 9
for variation--low impact exploration permit 10
`Requirements
`507.(1) If the application is to vary the conditions of a low impact 11
exploration permit to allow for high impact exploration activities on an 12
alternative provision area, division 3 applies, with necessary changes, as if 13
the application were an application under the division. 14
`(2) If the application is to vary the conditions of a low impact 15
exploration permit to allow for high impact exploration activities on non- 16
exclusive land, other than land that includes all or part of an alternative 17
provision area, division 4 applies, with necessary changes, as if the 18
application were an application under the division. 19
for variation--high impact exploration permit 20
`Requirements
`508.(1) This section applies if the application is to vary the conditions of 21
a high impact exploration permit for an alternative provision area to allow 22
for high impact exploration activities on non-exclusive land, other than land 23
that includes all or part of an alternative provision area. 24
`(2) Division 4 applies, with necessary changes, as if the application were 25
an application under that division. 26
for variation--other exploration permits 27
`Requirements
`509.(1) This section applies to an application to vary the conditions of an 28
exploration permit granted only over land where native title has been 29
extinguished to include non exclusive land. 30
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`(2) If the application is for low impact activities, division 2 applies, with 1
necessary changes, as if the application were an application under that 2
division. 3
`(3) If the application is for high impact exploration activities on an 4
alternative provision area, division 3 applies, with necessary changes, as if 5
the application were an application under that division. 6
`(4) If the application is for high impact exploration activities on non- 7
exclusive land, other than land that includes all or part of an alternative 8
provision area, division 4 applies, with necessary changes, as if the 9
application were an application under that division. 10
ART 16--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR 11
`P
MINERAL DEVELOPMENT LICENCES 12
1--Preliminary 13
`Division
of pt 16 14
`Purpose
`510.(1) The purpose of this part is-- 15
(a) to state additional requirements that apply for-- 16
(i) the granting of a proposed mineral development licence, or 17
the variation or renewal of a mineral development licence, 18
under part 6 if the licence is a low impact mineral 19
development licence over non-exclusive land; and 20
(ii) the exercise of the entitlement, under a low impact mineral 21
development licence, to enter non-exclusive land; and 22
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(b) in stating the additional requirements, to provide a basis for a 1
determination by the Commonwealth Minister under section 2
26A39 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act. 3
`(2) The purpose of this part is also-- 4
(a) to state additional requirements that apply for the granting of a 5
proposed mineral development licence, or the variation or renewal 6
of a mineral development licence, under part 6 if the licence is a 7
high impact mineral development licence over-- 8
(i) an alternative provision area; or 9
(ii) non-exclusive land other than land that includes all or part of 10
an alternative provision area; and 11
(b) in stating the additional requirements, to provide alternative 12
provisions under sections 43 and 43A of the Commonwealth 13
Native Title Act.40 14
of certain agreed mineral development licences from pt 16 15
`Exclusion
`511.This part does not apply to a mineral development licence-- 16
(a) if-- 17
(i) there is an indigenous land use agreement for an area 18
registered on the register of indigenous land use agreements; 19
and 20
(ii) the agreement provides that a mineral development licence, 21
that must include conditions stated or described in the 22
agreement, may be granted over land included in the area 23
other than in compliance with the right to negotiate 24
provisions; and 25
(iii) the State is a party to the indigenous land use agreement; and 26
39 Section 26A (Approved exploration etc. acts) of the Commonwealth Native Title
Act
40 Sections 43 (Modification of Subdivision if satisfactory alternative State or
Territory provisions) and 43A (Exception to right to negotiate: satisfactory
State/Territory provisions) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act.
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(iv) the mineral development licence includes the conditions 1
mentioned in subparagraph (ii); and 2
(v) the mineral development licence is granted over land 3
included in the area; or 4
(b) if the mineral development licence-- 5
(i) was the subject of negotiation under the right to negotiate 6
provisions; and 7
(ii) the negotiation resulted in an agreement that included an 8
entitlement for the applicant for the mineral development 9
licence to apply for and be granted the mineral development 10
licence without further consultation, or negotiation. 11
application of pt 16 to mineral development licence in 12
`Limited
approved opal or gem mining area 13
`512. This part applies to a proposed mineral development licence in an 14
approved opal or gem mining area only if under section 26C(1A) of the 15
Commonwealth Native Title Act the grant of the licence is not an act 16
excluded from the application of the right to negotiate provisions. 17
of "low impact mineral development licence" 18
`Meaning
`513. For this part, a "low impact mineral development licence" is a 19
mineral development licence that-- 20
(a) is granted over land that is, or includes, non-exclusive land; and 21
(b) has a condition that only low impact activities may be carried out 22
under the licence. 23
of "low impact activity" 24
`Meaning
`514. For this part, a "low impact activity", for a mineral development 25
licence, means the following activities-- 26
(a) aerial surveys; 27
28
Examples--
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geological, geophysical, photogrammetric and topographic aerial surveys.
(b) geological and surveying field work that does not involve 2
clearing; 3
4
Examples--
5
· flagging of sites and sample locations
6
· geological reconnaissance and field mapping
7
· surveying that does not involve clearing.
(c) sampling by hand methods; 8
9
Examples--
10
· grab sampling
11
· mine tailings and mine mullock sampling
12
· panning and sieving
13
· rock chip sampling
14
· stream sediment sampling (disturbed and undisturbed samples)
15
· soil sampling (disturbed and undisturbed samples)
16
· water sampling.
(d) ground-based geological surveys that do not involve clearing; 17
18
Examples--
19
· potential-field methods of surveying, including, for example,
20
gravity, magnetic and radiometric surveys
21
· electrical methods of surveying, including, for example,
22
electromagnetic, ground penetrating radar, induced polarisation and
23
resistivity surveys
24
· seismic methods of surveying, including, for example, `hammer',
25
refraction and vibration-sourced surveys.
(e) drilling and activities associated with drilling that does not involve 26
clearing, site excavation or drill pad excavation; 27
28
Examples--
29
· auger drilling
30
· downhole geophysical logging that does not involve clearing or site
31
excavation
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· mechanical drilling that does not involve clearing or drill pad
2
excavation.
(f) environmental field work that does not involve clearing; 3
4
Examples--
5
· cultural heritage, environmental and geobotanical surveys
6
· environmental monitoring.
(g) investigations associated with mine feasibility and development. 7
8
Examples--
9
· engineering and design studies
10
· environmental studies and monitoring.
of "high impact mineral development licence" 11
`Meaning
`515.(1) For this part, a "high impact mineral development licence" is 12
a mineral development licence that-- 13
(a) is granted over land that is, or includes, non-exclusive land; and 14
(b) has a condition that activities may be carried out under the licence, 15
whether or not the activities are low impact activities. 16
`(2) For subsection (1), a "high impact activity" is any activity other 17
than a low impact activity. 18
`Division 2--Low impact mineral development licences 19
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 20
of div 2 21
`Application
`516. This division states additional requirements that apply for the 22
granting of a proposed low impact mineral development licence over 23
non-exclusive land. 24
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for div 2 1
`Definitions
`517. In this division-- 2
"application notice" see section 518(1). 3
"consultation period" see section 521. 4
"consultation start day", for a mineral development licence, see 5
section 521(1)(a). 6
2--Notification requirements 7
`Subdivision
to notify 8
`Requirement
`518.(1) The applicant must give written notice ("application notice") 9
of the applicant's intention to lodge an application for a low impact mineral 10
development licence, or of the lodgement of the application, to-- 11
(a) each native title notification party for the land to which the 12
application relates; and 13
(b) the mining registrar. 14
`(2) The notice must be given no earlier than 1 month before the 15
lodgement and no later than 7 days after the lodgement. 16
`(3) The notice must state the following-- 17
(a) whether or not the application has been lodged; 18
(b) a description of the land; 19
(c) details of the activities proposed for the land; 20
(d) an outline of the expected impact on the land of the proposed 21
activities; 22
(e) that the applicant must not act under the licence applied for to 23
enter non-exclusive land unless the applicant has complied with 24
all the applicant's obligations for consultation with the native title 25
notification parties provided for in subdivision 3. 26
`(4) The notice may also state a day for consultation to start under 27
subdivision 3. 28
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`(5) The day must be at least 1 month after the giving of the notice to all 1
of the native title notification parties. 2
3--Consultation requirements before entry 3
`Subdivision
to consult 4
`Requirement
`519.(1) It is a condition of a low impact mineral development licence 5
that the licence holder must not act under the licence to enter non-exclusive 6
land unless the holder has consulted with each native title notification party 7
for the land to which the licence relates. 8
`(2) However, the condition does not apply to require consultation with a 9
native title notification party about an entry if-- 10
(a) the native title notification party gives the holder a written notice 11
that the party does not wish to be consulted about an entry or 12
entries described in the written notice; and 13
(b) the entry conforms with the entry or entries described. 14
matters 15
`Consultation
`520.(1) The purpose of the consultation is to minimise the impact of the 16
licence holder's entry on land or waters in relation to which native title 17
rights and interests may exist and that will be affected by the entry. 18
`(2) In particular, the consultation must be about the matters mentioned 19
in section 26A(7)41 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act, as follows-- 20
(a) the protection and avoidance of any area or site, on the land or 21
waters to which the native title rights and interests relate, of 22
particular significance to the persons holding the native title in 23
accordance with their traditional laws and customs; 24
(b) any access to the land or waters to which the native title rights and 25
interests relate by-- 26
41 Section 26A (Approved exploration etc. acts) of the Commonwealth Native Title
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(i) the persons mentioned in paragraph (a); or 1
(ii) any person who will do anything that is authorised because 2
of, or results from, or otherwise relates to, the entry; 3
(c) the way in which any other thing that is authorised because of, 4
results from, or otherwise relates to, the entry and affects native 5
title rights and interests, is to be done. 6
period 7
`Consultation
`521.(1) The "consultation period" for the entry-- 8
(a) starts on the day (the "consultation start day")-- 9
(i) stated for that purpose in the application notice for the 10
licence; or 11
(ii) if the day was not stated in the application notice--stated in a 12
written notice given to each of the native title notification 13
parties by the licence holder; and 14
(b) ends 2 months after the start day. 15
`(2) A notice under subsection (1)(a)(ii) must be given at least 1 month 16
before the start day. 17
`(3) The holder and the native title notification parties may agree to 18
extend the consultation period. 19
`(4) If at any time the holder and the native title notification parties agree 20
there has been enough consultation, the consultation period is taken to end. 21
title notification parties may seek mediation 22
`Native
`522.(1) In the consultation period, the native title notification parties may 23
ask the mining registrar to hold a conference for mediation about the 24
application. 25
`(2) Section 21742 applies to the conference as if the request were a 26
request by an owner of land affected by the application. 27
42 Section 217 (Mining registrar may call conference in some cases)
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of consultation 1
`Notice
`523.(1) The licence holder must, as soon as practicable after the 2
consultation period ends, give a written notice to the mining registrar about 3
the consultation. 4
`(2) The notice must state-- 5
(a) details of the consultation undertaken in the consultation period; 6
and 7
(b) any outcome of the consultation. 8
`Division 3--High impact mineral development licences on alternative 9
provision areas 10
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 11
of div 3 12
`Application
`524.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 13
granting of a proposed high impact mineral development licence over 14
non-exclusive land for an alternative provision area. 15
`(2) The additional requirements apply only to the extent the 16
non-exclusive land includes all or part of an alternative provision area, 17
unless an election is made under subsection (3). 18
`(3) The applicant may elect that the additional requirements stated in 19
division 4 apply instead of the additional requirements stated in this 20
division. 21
for div 3 22
`Definitions
`525. In this division-- 23
"applicant" means the applicant for the proposed high impact mineral 24
development licence. 25
"application notice" see section 526(1). 26
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"closing day (native title issues)", for the proposed high impact mineral 1
development licence, see section 527(3). 2
"consultation period", for the proposed high impact mineral development 3
licence, means the period described in section 536. 4
"consultation start day" see section 535(1). 5
"hearing day" see section 535(2). 6
"notification day (native title issues)", for the proposed high impact 7
mineral development licence, see section 527(2). 8
"objector" see section 538(3). 9
"registered native title party", for the proposed high impact mineral 10
development licence, means a person who is a registered native title 11
claimant or a registered native title body corporate. 12
2--Notification requirements 13
`Subdivision
to notify 14
`Requirement
`526.(1) The applicant must give a written notice ("application notice") 15
about the proposed high impact mineral development licence to all native 16
title notification parties for the alternative provision area over which the 17
proposed licence is to be granted. 18
`(2) The notice must be given within 14 days of the applicant being 19
notified of the Minister's decision, under section 190(1),43 of the amount of 20
security to be deposited if the licence is granted. 21
`(3) The notice may be about more than 1 proposed licence. 22
of notice 23
`Content
`527.(1) The application notice must state the following-- 24
(a) the following days for the proposed high impact mineral 25
development licence-- 26
43 Section 190 (Provision of security)
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(i) the notification day (native title issues); 1
(ii) the closing day (native title issues); 2
(b) a clear description of the alternative provision area; 3
(c) a description of the nature of the proposed licence; 4
(d) that the proposed licence, if granted, will be granted by the 5
Minister; 6
(e) how further information about the proposed licence can be 7
obtained from the applicant or the mining registrar; 8
(f) that registered native title parties have a right to object to the 9
granting of the proposed licence so far as it affects their registered 10
native title rights and interests; 11
(g) that an objection must-- 12
(i) be in the approved form; and 13
(ii) state the grounds for objection and the facts and 14
circumstances relied on in support of the grounds; and 15
(iii) be lodged with the mining registrar on or before the closing 16
day (native title issues); 17
(h) that if a registered native title party objects, the applicant must 18
consult with the party. 19
`(2) The "notification day (native title issues)" must be a day that may 20
reasonably be assumed to be a day by which the written notice will have 21
been received by the persons to whom it is to be given. 22
`(3) The "closing day (native title issues)" must be a day at least 2 23
months after the notification day (native title issues). 24
to mining registrar 25
`Advice
`528.(1) Within 1 month of being notified of the Minister's decision, 26
under section 190(1), the applicant must give the mining registrar a 27
statutory declaration declaring that the applicant has given an application 28
notice under this subdivision. 29
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`(2) If the mining registrar considers an application notice has not been 1
given under this subdivision, the mining registrar may fix a further period 2
for the giving of the notice. 3
to object 4
`Right
`529.(1) Each registered native title party has a right to object to the 5
granting of the proposed high impact mineral development licence so far as 6
it affects their registered native title rights and interests. 7
`(2) An objection must-- 8
(a) be in the approved form; and 9
(b) state the grounds for objection and the facts and circumstances 10
relied on in support of the grounds; and 11
(c) be lodged with the mining registrar on or before the closing day 12
(native title issues). 13
of additional requirements if no objection lodged 14
`Ending
`530. If no objection is lodged by the closing day (native title issues), the 15
additional requirements under subdivisions 3 and 4 stop applying for the 16
proposed high impact mineral development licence. 17
`Subdivision 3--Consultation and mediation 18
of sdiv 3 19
`Application
`531. This subdivision applies if an objection is lodged by the closing 20
day (native title issues). 21
of objections by mining registrar 22
`Notice
`532. The mining registrar, must as soon as practicable after the closing 23
day (native title issues), give the applicant-- 24
(a) a copy of each objection; and 25
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(b) a written notice that the applicant must-- 1
(i) consult with all objectors; and 2
(ii) fix the consultation start day; and 3
(iii) give written notice of the day to each objector and the mining 4
registrar. 5
to consult 6
`Requirement
`533. The applicant must consult with each objector under this 7
subdivision. 8
matters 9
`Consultation
`534. The consultation must be about ways of minimising the effect of 10
the grant of the proposed high impact mineral development licence on 11
registered native title rights and interests in relation to the land or waters 12
concerned, including any access to the land or waters or the way in which 13
anything authorised by the licence may be done. 14
of consultation start day and hearing day 15
`Fixing
`535.(1) The applicant must-- 16
(a) fix a day (the "consultation start day") for the consultation to 17
start ; and 18
(b) give written notice of the day to each objector and the mining 19
registrar. 20
`(2) The mining registrar must, as soon as practicable after receiving the 21
notice, fix a day (the "hearing day") for the tribunal to hear the objections. 22
`(3) The hearing day must be after the consultation period ends. 23
`(4) After fixing the hearing day, the mining registrar must notify the 24
applicant and each objector of the day. 25
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period 1
`Consultation
`536. The "consultation period" for the proposed high impact mineral 2
development licence starts on the consultation start day and ends-- 3
(a) if paragraph (b) does not apply--2 months after the consultation 4
start day; or 5
(b) if the consultation and negotiation parties agree on a time, which 6
must be later than the time that would otherwise apply under 7
paragraph (a), and advise the mining registrar in writing of the 8
agreed later time--at the agreed later time. 9
for mediation 10
`Request
`537.(1) At any time in the consultation period, the applicant or an 11
objector may ask for mediation to help in resolving issues relevant to the 12
consultation. 13
`(2) If a request for mediation is made, mediation must be carried out in 14
the consultation period by-- 15
(a) a mediator chosen by the applicant and the objectors; or 16
(b) if the applicant and the objectors are not able to agree on a 17
mediator and the applicant or an objector asks the tribunal to 18
provide the mediation--the tribunal, or a mediator chosen by the 19
tribunal. 20
for consultation--guidelines for applicant 21
`Process
`538.(1) This section states guidelines for the applicant to consult under 22
this subdivision. 23
`(2) The consultation should start as soon as practicable after the 24
consultation period starts. 25
`(3) The applicant should-- 26
(a) give each registered native title party for the alternative provision 27
area who objects under section 529 ("objector") information 28
about the activities under the application; and 29
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(b) convene at least 1 meeting ("consultation meeting") to provide a 1
reasonable opportunity for all objectors to be given a presentation 2
about the proposed high impact mineral development licence. 3
`(4) A consultation meeting may be-- 4
(a) in the town or city where the mining registrar's office is located; 5
or 6
(b) in a town or city in which there is an office of the representative 7
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for the area that includes 8
the alternative provision area; or 9
(c) another place agreed between the applicant and the objectors. 10
`(5) Subject to subsection (4), a consultation meeting should be at a time 11
and place suitable for maximising attendance. 12
`(6) If the applicant has convened a consultation meeting under 13
subsection (3)(b), the meeting has taken to have happened even though not 14
all, or none, of the objectors attend the meeting. 15
`(7) A presentation should be directed at providing objectors with an 16
anticipated understanding of the nature, extent and impact of the proposed 17
licence. 18
for consultation--agreement with or without conditions 19
`Process
`539.(1) This section applies if an agreement is obtained, whether or not 20
the agreement includes conditions to be complied with by the applicant or 21
an objector if the proposed high impact mineral development licence is 22
granted. 23
`(2) The applicant and the objectors must give a written notice to the 24
mining registrar stating that an agreement has been obtained for the grant of 25
the licence. 26
`(3) When the notice is given, the additional requirements provided for 27
under subdivision 4 stop applying to the proposed licence. 28
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`Process
`540.(1) This section applies if an agreement is obtained, and the 2
agreement includes conditions to be complied with by the applicant or an 3
objector if the proposed high impact mineral development licence is 4
granted. 5
`(2) The agreement has effect, if the proposed licence is granted, as if-- 6
(a) the conditions included in the agreement were the terms of a 7
contract; and 8
(b) the applicant and the objector were parties to the contract; and 9
(c) if an objector is a registered native title claimant--any individual 10
included in the native title claim group concerned were a party to 11
the contract. 12
`(3) Subsection (2) has effect in addition to any other effect that the 13
agreement may have apart from under subsection (2). 14
`Subdivision 4--Hearing of objections and tribunal's decision 15
of objections by tribunal 16
`Hearing
`541. If the consultation period has ended and agreement has not been 17
obtained, the tribunal must hear the objections on the hearing day. 18
for hearing 19
`Directions
`542. The tribunal may give directions to the applicant and the objectors, 20
including directions about the filing and serving of-- 21
(a) a statement by each objector, stating the effect of the proposed 22
high impact mineral development licence on the objector's 23
registered native title rights and interests; or 24
(b) submissions by the applicant or any objector on the matters the 25
tribunal must consider at the hearing. 26
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tribunal must consider 1
`Matters
`543. In making a decision, the tribunal must consider-- 2
(a) the content of all objections lodged; and 3
(b) the effect of the proposed high impact mineral development 4
licence on each objector's registered native title rights and 5
interests; and 6
(c) any way to minimise the proposed licence's impact on the 7
registered native title rights and interests of the objectors, 8
including in relation to-- 9
(i) any access to the land over which the proposed licence is to 10
be granted; and 11
(ii) the way in which anything authorised under the proposed 12
licence might be done. 13
time requirement for hearing 14
`General
`544.(1) The tribunal must take all reasonable steps to ensure the decision 15
is made within 2 months after the hearing day. 16
`(2) If the decision is not made within the 2 months, the tribunal must, as 17
soon as practicable after the 2 months ends, give a written notice to the 18
Minister-- 19
(a) advising why the decision has not yet been made; and 20
(b) giving an estimate of when the decision is likely to be made. 21
of tribunal's decision 22
`Nature
`545. The Tribunal's decision must be a recommendation to the Minister 23
that-- 24
(a) the objections be overruled; or 25
(b) the objections be upheld; or 26
(c) the proposed high impact mineral development licence be 27
granted, but that it contain conditions relating to an objector's 28
registered native title rights and interests. 29
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`Overruling
`546.(1) The Minister may overrule the decision only if-- 2
(a) the Minister principally responsible for indigenous affairs is 3
consulted; and 4
(b) the consultation is taken into account; and 5
(c) it is in the interests of Queensland to overrule the decision. 6
`(2) If the Minister overrules the decision, the Minister must make a 7
substituted decision, and the substituted decision has the same effect as the 8
decision. 9
`(3) The Minister must give a copy of the substituted decision to the 10
tribunal, the applicant and each objector. 11
`(4) In this section-- 12
"in the interests of Queensland" includes-- 13
(a) for the social or economic benefit of Queensland, including of 14
Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders); and 15
(b) in the interests of the relevant region or locality in Queensland. 16
4--High impact mineral development licences not on 17
`Division
alternative provision areas 18
of div 4 19
`Application
`547.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 20
granting of a proposed high impact mineral development licence over 21
non-exclusive land. 22
`(2) The additional requirements do not apply for non-exclusive land that 23
is an alternative provision area unless, under section 524 the additional 24
requirements in this division are applied instead of the additional 25
requirements in division 3. 26
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for grant 1
`Requirements
`548.(1) The additional requirements applying under part 17, division 4 2
for the granting of a proposed mining lease also apply for the granting of 3
the proposed high impact mineral development licence. 4
`(2) The requirements apply-- 5
(a) in addition to the requirements of part 6; and 6
(b) to the greatest practicable extent. 7
pt 17, div 4 to grant 8
`Applying
`549.(1) This section-- 9
(a) applies for applying the provisions of part 17, division 4; and 10
(b) does not limit section 548(1). 11
(2) For applying section 613,44 the following period is substituted for the 12
periods mentioned in section 613(3)(b)(i) and (ii), that is, the period of 14 13
days after the applicant is notified of the Minister's decision under section 14
190(1)45 and (2) of the amount of security to be deposited if the licence is 15
granted. 16
(3) For applying section 620,46 the following day is substituted for the 17
day mentioned in 620(1)(b), that is, the day the applicant is notified of the 18
Minister's decision under section 190(1) and (2) of the amount of security 19
to be deposited if the licence is granted. 20
44 Section 613 (Requirement to notify)
45 Section 190 (Provision of security)
46 Section 620 (Consultation and negotiation period)
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(4) For applying part 17, division 4, subdivisions 4 and 5,47 if the 1
proposed mineral development licence is referred to the tribunal for a native 2
title issues decision, there is not a combined hearing, but a hearing is held 3
for the native title issues decision, including the hearing of any objections 4
lodged under section 629 as applied under this section. 5
(5) The Minister must not grant the mineral development licence under 6
section 18648 unless-- 7
(a) the additional requirements provided for under part 17, division 4, 8
as applied under this section, have stopped applying to the 9
proposed mineral development licence; or 10
(b) a native title issues decision has been made for the proposed 11
mineral development licence. 12
`Division 5--Renewals of mineral development licences 13
of div 5 14
`Application
`550.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 15
renewal of a mineral development licence over non-exclusive land under 16
part 6. 17
`(2) The additional requirements do not apply for the renewal of the 18
mineral development licence if-- 19
(a) the renewed licence does not extend the area to which the mineral 20
development licence relates; and 21
(b) the term of the renewed licence is no longer than the term of the 22
mineral development licence; and 23
(c) no rights are created in connection with the renewed licence that 24
were not held under the mineral development licence. 25
47 Part 17 (Native title provisions for mining leases), division 4 (Other mining
leases not on alternative provision area), subdivisions 4 (Referral and native title
issues decision) and 5 (Requirements for combined hearing)
48 Section 186 (Minister may grant or reject application for mineral development
licence)
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for renewal 1
`Requirements
`551.(1) If the mineral development licence is a low impact mineral 2
development licence, division 2 applies, with necessary changes, to the 3
renewal of the mineral development licence as if the renewal were the 4
granting of the mineral development licence. 5
`(2) If the mineral development licence is a high impact mineral 6
development licence, divisions 3 and 4 apply, with necessary changes, to 7
the renewal of the mineral development licence as if the renewal were the 8
granting of the mineral development licence. 9
6--Requirements for subsidiary approvals 10
`Division
of div 6 11
`Application
`552. This division applies to an application-- 12
(a) to vary the conditions of-- 13
(i) a low impact mineral development licence to allow for high 14
impact exploration activities; or 15
(ii) a high impact mineral development licence on an alternative 16
provision area to allow for high impact exploration activities 17
on non-exclusive land, other than land that includes all or 18
part of an alternative provision area; or 19
(iii) a mineral development licence granted on land where native 20
title has been extinguished to include non-exclusive land; or 21
(b) for approval-- 22
(i) under section 231,49 for the variation of the land used, or 23
proposed to be used, under a high impact mineral 24
development licence; or 25
49 Section 231 (Variation of access to mineral development licence land)
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(ii) under section 208,50 to add stated minerals to a high impact 1
mineral development licence. 2
for variation--low impact mineral development licence 3
`Requirements
`553.(1) If the application is to vary the conditions of a low impact 4
mineral development licence to allow for high impact exploration activities 5
on an alternative provision area, division 3 applies, with necessary changes, 6
as if the application were an application under the division. 7
`(2) If the application is to vary the conditions of a low impact mineral 8
development licence to allow for high impact exploration activities on 9
non-exclusive land, other than land that includes all or part of an alternative 10
provision area, division 4 applies, with necessary changes, as if the 11
application were an application under the division. 12
for variation--high impact mineral development 13
`Requirements
licences 14
`554.(1) This section applies if the application is to vary the conditions of 15
a high impact mineral development licences for an alternative provision area 16
to allow for high impact exploration activities on non-exclusive land, other 17
than land that includes all or part of an alternative provision area. 18
(2) Division 4, applies, with necessary changes, as if the application were 19
an application under the division. 20
for variation--other mineral development licences 21
`Requirements
`555.(1) This section applies if the application is to vary the conditions of 22
a mineral development licence granted only over land where native title has 23
been extinguished to include non-exclusive land. 24
`(2) If the application is for low impact activities, division 2 applies, with 25
necessary changes, as if the application were an application under the 26
division. 27
50 Section 208 (adding other minerals to licence)
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`(3) If the application is for high impact exploration activities on an 1
alternative provision area, division 3 applies, with necessary changes, as if 2
the application were an application under the division. 3
`(4) If the application is for high impact exploration activities on 4
non-exclusive land, other than land that includes all or part of an alternative 5
provision area, division 4 applies, with necessary changes, as if the 6
application were an application under the division. 7
for approval--variation of access for high impact 8
`Requirements
mineral development licence 9
`556.(1) This section applies if the application is an application under 10
section 231 for approval to vary access for the land used, or proposed to be 11
used under a under a high impact mineral development licence. 12
`(2) If the application is for an alternative provision area, division 3 13
applies, with necessary changes, as if the application were an application 14
under the division. 15
`(3) If the application is for non-exclusive land, other than land that 16
includes all or part of an alternative provision area, division 4 applies, with 17
necessary changes, as if the application were an application under the 18
division. 19
for approval--adding minerals to high impact mineral 20
`Requirements
development licence 21
`557.(1) If the application is an application under section 208 for 22
approval to add stated minerals to a high impact mineral development 23
licence on an alternative provision area, division 3 applies, with necessary 24
changes, as if the application were an application under the division. 25
`(2) If the application is an application under section 208 for approval to 26
add stated minerals to a high impact mineral development licence on 27
non-exclusive land, other than land that includes all or part of an alternative 28
provision area, division 4 applies, with necessary changes, as if the 29
application were an application under the division. 30
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ART 17--NATIVE TITLE PROVISIONS FOR 1
`P
MINING LEASES 2
1--Preliminary 3
`Division
of pt 17 4
`Purpose
`558.(1) The purpose of this part is-- 5
(a) to state the additional requirements that apply for the granting of a 6
proposed mining lease or the variation or renewal of a mining 7
lease, under part 7 if the lease is to mine gold or tin in surface 8
alluvium over non-exclusive land; and 9
(b) in stating the additional requirements, to provide a basis for a 10
determination by the Commonwealth Minister under 11
section 26B51 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act. 12
`(2) The purpose of this part is also-- 13
(a) to state additional requirements that apply for the granting of a 14
proposed mining lease, or variation or renewal of a mining lease 15
under part 7 if the mining lease is other than over non-exclusive 16
land if the mining lease is other than a surface alluvium (gold or 17
tin) mining lease ; and 18
(b) in stating the additional requirements, to provide alternative 19
provisions under sections 43 and 43A of the Commonwealth 20
Native Title Act.52 21
of certain agreed mining leases from pt 17 22
`Exclusion
`559.This part does not apply to a mining lease-- 23
51 Section 26B (Approved gold or tin mining acts) of the Commonwealth Native
Title Act.
52 Sections 43 (Modification of Subdivision if satisfactory alternative State or
Territory provisions) and 43A (Exception to right to negotiate: satisfactory
State/Territory provisions) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act.
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(a) if-- 1
(i) there is an indigenous land use agreement in relation to an 2
area registered on the register of indigenous land use 3
agreements; and 4
(ii) the agreement provides that a mining lease, that must include 5
conditions stated or described in the agreement, may be 6
granted over land included in the area other than in 7
compliance with the right to negotiate provisions; and 8
(iii) the State is a party to the agreement; and 9
(iv) the mining lease includes the conditions mentioned in 10
subparagraph (ii) and is granted over land included in the 11
area; or 12
(b) if the mining lease-- 13
(i) was the subject of negotiation under the right to negotiate 14
provisions; and 15
(ii) the negotiation resulted in an agreement that included an 16
entitlement for the applicant for the mining lease to apply for 17
and be granted the mining lease without further consultation, 18
or negotiation. 19
application of pt 17 to mining lease in approved opal or gem 20
`Limited
mining area 21
`560. This part applies to a proposed mining lease in an approved opal or 22
gem mining area only if under section 26C(1) of the Commonwealth 23
Native Title Act the grant of the lease is not an act excluded from the 24
application of the right to negotiate provisions. 25
of "surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease" 26
`Meaning
`561. In this part, a "surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease" is a 27
mining lease-- 28
(a) that is granted over non-exclusive land; and 29
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(b) under which the only right to mine is the right to mine gold or tin 1
in surface alluvium; 2
(c) under which the only way gold or tin may be recovered from the 3
material that is mined is by a washing or an aeration process; and 4
(d) under which a person given the right to mine must, to minimise 5
the impact of mining, rehabilitate any area of land or waters-- 6
(i) in which mining takes place; and 7
(ii) over which native title rights and interests may exist. 8
re-opening of issues previously decided 9
`No
`562.(1) This section applies if-- 10
(a) the parties to a hearing under this part about the grant of a 11
proposed mining lease (the "mining lease hearing") are identical 12
to the parties to an earlier relevant agreement or hearing; and 13
(b) an issue was decided in the relevant agreement or at the relevant 14
hearing. 15
`(2) A party to the mining lease hearing must not, without the leave of 16
the tribunal, seek to vary the decision on the issue. 17
`(3) In this section-- 18
"relevant agreement" means an agreement under part 15 or 16, or under 19
the right to negotiate provisions, about the grant of the exploration 20
permit or mineral development licence for the land for which the 21
mining lease is proposed to be granted. 22
"relevant hearing" means a hearing under part 15 or 16, or under the right 23
to negotiate provisions, about the grant of the exploration permit or 24
mineral development licence for the land for which the mining lease is 25
proposed to be granted. 26
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`Division 2--Surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining leases 1
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 2
of div 2 3
`Application
`563. This division states additional requirements that apply for the 4
granting of a proposed surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease over 5
non-exclusive land under part 7. 6
for div 2 7
`Definitions
`564. In this division-- 8
"applicant" means the applicant for the proposed surface alluvium (gold or 9
tin) mining lease. 10
"consultation agreement" see section 573(2)(b). 11
"consultation parties" see section 568. 12
"consultation matters" includes the purpose of consultation stated in 13
section 571(1) and the matters that consultation must be about under 14
section 571(2). 15
"consultation result notice" see section 573(1). 16
"consultation start day" see section 566(3)(f). 17
"consultation period" see section 570. 18
of "surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease" 19
`Meaning
`565. For this division, a "surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease" 20
is a mining lease-- 21
(a) that is granted over non-exclusive land; and 22
(b) under which the only right to mine is the right to mine gold or tin 23
in surface alluvium; 24
(c) under which the only way gold or tin may be recovered from the 25
material that is mined is by a washing or an aeration process; and 26
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(d) under which a person given the right to mine must, to minimise 1
the impact of mining, rehabilitate any area of land or waters-- 2
(i) in which mining takes place; and 3
(ii) over which native title rights and interests may exist. 4
`Subdivision 2--Notification requirements and right to be heard 5
to notify 6
`Requirement
`566.(1) The applicant must give written notice of the applicant's 7
intention to lodge an application for a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining 8
lease, or of the lodgement of the application, to-- 9
(a) each native title notification party for the land to which the 10
application relates; and 11
(b) the mining registrar. 12
`(2) The notice must be given-- 13
(a) no earlier than 2 months before the proposed lodgement; and 14
(b) no later than-- 15
(i) the end of the period of 7 days after the certificate of 16
application for the proposed mining lease is endorsed by the 17
mining registrar under section 252(2);53 or 18
(ii) if the mining registrar decides a longer period under 19
section 252(7)--the end of the longer period. 20
`(3) The notice must state the following-- 21
(a) whether or not the application has been lodged; 22
(b) a description of the land; 23
(c) details of the activities proposed for the land; 24
(d) an outline of the expected impact on the land of the proposed 25
activities; 26
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(e) that the applicant must consult with-- 1
(i) each registered native title body corporate for the land to 2
which the application relates; and 3
(ii) each registered native title claimant for the land; 4
(f) a day (the "consultation start day") for consultation to start 5
under subdivision 3 that is at least 2 months after the giving of the 6
notice to all of the native title notification parties; 7
(g) that the native title notification parties have a right to be heard by 8
the tribunal about whether the lease should be granted and about 9
other matters relating to the grant. 10
title notification parties' right to be heard 11
`Native
`567.(1) Each native title notification party for the land to which the 12
application relates has a right to be heard by the tribunal about-- 13
(a) whether the surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease applied 14
for is to be granted; and 15
(b) any other matter relating to the grant. 16
`(2) A native title notification party may, by a notice in writing to the 17
mining registrar, waive the party's right to be heard. 18
3--Consultation requirements 19
`Subdivision
parties 20
`Consultation
`568. The "consultation parties", for a surface alluvium (gold or tin) 21
mining lease application, are-- 22
(a) the applicant; and 23
(b) each registered native title body corporate for the land to which 24
the application relates; and 25
(c) each registered native title claimant for the land. 26
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to consult 1
`Requirement
`569.(1) The applicant must consult with each other consultation party. 2
`(2) However, the applicant is not required to consult with another 3
consultation party if the other party has given the applicant a written notice 4
stating that the party does not wish to be consulted about the application. 5
period 6
`Consultation
`570.(1) The "consultation period" for the application is the period that 7
starts on the consultation start day and ends 2 months after that day. 8
`(2) However, if at any time all the consultation parties agree there has 9
been enough consultation, the consultation period is taken to end. 10
matters 11
`Consultation
`571.(1) The purpose of the consultation is to minimise the impact of the 12
granting of the surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease applied for on 13
land in relation to which native title rights and interests may exist and that 14
will be affected by the granting of the mining lease. 15
`(2) In particular, the consultation must be about the matters mentioned 16
in section 26B(8)54 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act, as follows-- 17
(a) the protection and avoidance of any area or site, on the land or 18
waters to which the native title rights and interests relate, of 19
particular significance to the persons holding the native title in 20
accordance with their traditional laws and customs; 21
(b) any access to the land or waters to which the native title rights and 22
interests relate by-- 23
(i) the persons mentioned in paragraph (a); or 24
(ii) any person who will do anything that is authorised because 25
of, or results from, or otherwise relates to, the mining lease 26
applied for; 27
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(c) the way in which any rehabilitation or other thing that is 1
authorised because of, results from, or otherwise relates to, the 2
mining lease applied for, is to be done. 3
parties may seek mediation 4
`Consultation
`572.(1) In the consultation period, the consultation parties may ask the 5
mining registrar to hold a conference for mediation about the application. 6
`(2) Section 25455 applies to the conference as if the request were a 7
request by an owner of land affected by the application. 8
of result of consultation 9
`Notice
`573.(1) The applicant must, as soon as practicable after the consultation 10
period ends, give a written notice (a "consultation result notice") to the 11
mining registrar. 12
`(2) The notice must state the following-- 13
(a) any outcome of the consultation; 14
(b) whether the consultation parties have reached an agreement for 15
the granting of the surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease 16
applied for (a "consultation agreement"); 17
(c) if a consultation agreement has been reached, details of the 18
agreement, including any agreed conditions for the grant. 19
`(3) The additional requirements provided for in subdivision 4 stop 20
applying to the application if-- 21
(a) a consultation result notice has been given; and 22
(b) a consultation agreement has been reached; and 23
(c) all other native title notification parties for the land to which the 24
application relates have waived their rights to be heard. 25
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4--Hearing requirements 1
`Subdivision
of sdiv 4 2
`Application
`574. This subdivision applies only if-- 3
(a) the consultation period for an application for the granting of the 4
surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease has ended; and 5
(b) any of the following applies-- 6
(i) a consultation agreement has not been reached about the 7
application; 8
(ii) a consultation result notice has not been given for the 9
application within 7 days after the end of the period; 10
(iii) all other native title notification parties for the land to which 11
the application relates have not waived their rights to be 12
heard. 13
of combined hearing day 14
`Fixing
`575.(1) The mining registrar must fix a day for the tribunal to hear the 15
application under section 265.56 16
`(2) The mining registrar must give written notice of the day to-- 17
(a) each consultation party for the application; and 18
(b) all other native title notification parties for the land to which the 19
application relates who have not waived their rights to be heard. 20
`(3) The notice must state that, at the hearing, each of the native title 21
notification parties has a right to be heard by the tribunal about-- 22
(a) whether the surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease applied 23
for is to be granted; and 24
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(b) any consultation matter. 1
`(4) The tribunal must not, under section 270,57 dispense with a hearing. 2
must consider consultation matters and agreed issues 3
`Tribunal
`576. In making its recommendation to the Minister under section 269,58 4
the tribunal must take into account-- 5
(a) the consultation matters; and 6
(b) any issue agreed between the consultation parties; and 7
(c) any other matter raised before the tribunal by a native title 8
notification party. 9
time requirement for hearing 10
`General
`577.(1) The tribunal must take all reasonable steps to ensure the hearing 11
for the application is finished-- 12
(a) within 3 months from when the consultation parties were notified 13
of the hearing; or 14
(b) as soon as practicable. 15
`(2) However, if the consultation parties ask, the tribunal may-- 16
(a) provide mediation about the issues in dispute to the extent that, it 17
considers, referral of the parties to mediation will be consistent 18
with finishing the combined hearing as soon as practicable; or 19
(b) order further consultation on conditions it sees fit. 20
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`Subdivision 5--Notice of grant 1
to other consultation parties 2
`Notice
`578.(1) This section applies if the Governor in Council grants a surface 3
alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease over non-exclusive land. 4
`(2) The holder of the mining lease must give written notice of the grant 5
to each other consultation party for the application for the mining lease. 6
`(3) The notice must be given within 28 days after the holder receives 7
notice of the grant. 8
`Division 3--Other mining leases on alternative provision areas 9
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 10
of div 3 11
`Application
`579.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 12
granting of a proposed mining lease over non-exclusive land under part 7, 13
other than a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease. 14
`(2) However, this division applies only if-- 15
(a) under section 26(1) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act, the 16
granting of the proposed mining lease is an act to which the right 17
to negotiate provisions apply; and 18
(b) under section 26(2) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act, the 19
granting of the proposed mining lease is not an act excluded from 20
the application of the right to negotiate provisions. 21
`(3) The additional requirements apply to the extent the non-exclusive 22
land includes all or part of an alternative provision area, unless an election is 23
made under subsection (4). 24
`(4) The applicant may elect that the additional requirements stated in 25
division 4 apply instead of the additional requirements stated in this 26
division. 27
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for div 4 1
`Definitions
`580. In this division-- 2
"applicant" means the applicant for the proposed mining lease. 3
"closing day (native title issues)", for the proposed mining lease, see 4
section 582(3). 5
"combined hearing", for the proposed mining lease, see section 601. 6
"consultation and negotiation parties", for the proposed mining lease, 7
see section 588. 8
"consultation and negotiation period", for the proposed mining lease, 9
see section 587(1). 10
"contract condition" see section 605(1). 11
"negotiated agreement", for the proposed mining lease, see 12
section 589(1). 13
"native title issues decision" see section 598(1). 14
"notification day (native title issues)", for the proposed mining lease, see 15
section 582(2). 16
"registered native title party", for the proposed mining lease, see 17
section 583. 18
2--Notification and registration requirements 19
`Subdivision
to notify 20
`Requirement
`581.(1) The applicant must give a written notice about the proposed 21
mining lease to-- 22
(a) all native title notification parties for the non-exclusive land; and 23
(b) the mining registrar for the land the subject of the proposed 24
mining lease. 25
`(2) The applicant must also make sure that a public notice, containing 26
the substance of the written notice mentioned in subsection (1), is published 27
in-- 28
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(a) a newspaper circulating generally in the area of the land the 1
subject of the proposed mining lease; and 2
(b) a relevant special interest publication. 3
`(3) The written notice must be given under subsection (1), and the 4
public notice must be published under subsection (2)-- 5
(a) not earlier than 3 months before the application for the proposed 6
mining lease is lodged; and 7
(b) not later than-- 8
(i) the end of the period of 28 days after the certificate of 9
application for the proposed mining lease is endorsed by the 10
mining registrar under section 252(2);59 or 11
(ii) if the mining registrar decides a longer period under 12
section 252(7)--the end of the longer period; or 13
(iii) if, under section 584(3), the mining registrar decides that the 14
written notice has not been given as required under this 15
subdivision, and decides a further period for the giving of 16
the written notice--the further period. 17
`(4) The written notice may be about more than 1 proposed mining lease. 18
of written notice 19
`Content
`582.(1) The written notice must state the following-- 20
(a) the following days for the proposed mining lease-- 21
(i) the notification day (native title issues); 22
(ii) the closing day (native title issues); 23
(b) how a person may become a registered native title party for the 24
proposed mining lease; 25
(c) that registered native title parties have a right-- 26
(i) to be consulted about the proposed mining lease; and 27
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(ii) to object to the granting of the proposed mining lease; and 1
(iii) to negotiate with a view to reaching agreement about the 2
granting of the proposed mining lease; 3
(d) a clear description of the non-exclusive land; 4
(e) a description of the nature of the proposed mining lease; 5
(f) that the proposed mining lease, if granted, will be granted by the 6
Governor in Council; 7
(g) how further information about the proposed mining lease, and 8
about the matters mentioned in paragraph (c), can be obtained 9
from the applicant and from the mining registrar. 10
`(2) The "notification day (native title issues)" must be a day that may 11
reasonably be assumed to be a day by which-- 12
(a) the written notice will have been received by the persons to whom 13
it is to be given, and 14
(b) the public notice containing the substance of the written notice 15
will have come to the attention of the persons to whom the public 16
notice is directed. 17
`(3) The "closing day (native title issues)" must be a day at least 18
3 months after the notification day (native title issues). 19
native title parties 20
`Registered
`583. Each of the following is a "registered native title party" for the 21
proposed mining lease-- 22
(a) a body corporate that, on or before the closing day (native title 23
issues), is a registered native title body corporate in relation to the 24
land affected by the proposed mining lease; 25
(b) a body corporate that becomes a registered native title body 26
corporate in relation to the land affected by the proposed mining 27
lease-- 28
(i) after the closing day (native title issues); and 29
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(ii) as a result of a claim that was entered on the register of 1
native title claims on or before the closing day (native title 2
issues); 3
(c) a person who-- 4
(i) files a native title determination application in the Federal 5
Court on or before the closing day (native title issues) for the 6
proposed mining lease;60 and 7
(ii) becomes a registered native title claimant in relation to the 8
land affected by the proposed mining lease within 1 month 9
after the closing day (native title issues) for the proposed 10
mining lease. 11
to mining registrar 12
`Advice
`584.(1) As soon as practicable after the closing day (native title issues) 13
for the proposed mining lease, the applicant must give the mining 14
registrar-- 15
(a) a statutory declaration-- 16
(i) declaring as to the applicant's compliance with the 17
requirements of sections 581 and 582; and 18
(ii) attaching copies of the written notice given, and the public 19
notice published, under section 581; and 20
(b) the names and addresses of-- 21
(i) all registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land as 22
at the closing day (native title issues); and 23
(ii) all native title claimants who may become registered native 24
title parties for the non-exclusive land. 25
(2) As soon as practicable after the end of 1 month after the closing day 26
(native title issues) for the proposed mining lease, the applicant must give 27
the mining registrar the names and addresses of all persons who have 28
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become registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land in the 1
month. 2
(3) If the mining registrar decides that the written notice has not been 3
given as required under sections 581 and 582, the mining registrar may 4
decide a further period for the giving of the written notice.61 5
of additional requirements if notice of non-objection lodged 6
`Ending
`585. The additional requirements provided for under this division stop 7
applying for the proposed mining lease if after the closing day (native title 8
issues)-- 9
(a) there are no registered native title parties for the non-exclusive 10
land, and no native title claimants who may become registered 11
native title parties for the non-exclusive land; or 12
(b) the following persons certify in the approved form lodged with 13
the mining registrar that they do not object to the grant of the 14
proposed mining lease and do not wish to be consulted about it-- 15
(i) all registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land; 16
(ii) if 1 month after the closing day (native title issues) has not 17
expired, all native title claimants who may become registered 18
native title parties for the non-exclusive land. 19
in consultation and negotiation of potential registered 20
`Participation
native title party 21
`586. For applying the additional requirements provided for in this 22
division in the first month after the closing day (native title issues) for the 23
proposed mining lease, a reference to a registered native title party includes 24
a native title claimant who may become a registered native title party for the 25
non-exclusive land. 26
61 Section 266 (Mining registrar may recommend rejection of application for
noncompliance) provides for recommending rejection of an application for
noncompliance with requirements placed on the applicant by this Act, and
section 267 (Minister may reject application at any time) allows the Minister to
reject an application, including for noncompliance.
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`Subdivision 3--Consultation and negotiation 1
to consultation and negotiation 2
`Parties
`587.(1) The parties to the consultation and negotiation required under 3
this subdivision about the granting of the proposed mining lease are the 4
following (the "consultation and negotiation parties" for the proposed 5
mining lease)-- 6
(a) the applicant; 7
(b) the registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land; 8
(c) the State. 9
`(2) However, the State stops being a consultation and negotiation party 10
for the proposed mining lease if the State and the other consultation and 11
negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease at any time agree, in the 12
approved form lodged with the mining registrar, that the State is not to be a 13
consultation and negotiation party. 14
`(3) Also, if the consultation and negotiation parties at any time agree, in 15
the approved form lodged with the mining registrar, that the State is to take 16
a particular role in the consultation and negotiation, stated in the lodged 17
approved form, the State may adopt the stated role, even though it is no 18
longer a consultation and negotiation party. 19
and negotiation period 20
`Consultation
`588.(1) The "consultation and negotiation period" for the proposed 21
mining lease starts on the later of the following-- 22
(a) the closing day (native title issues) for the proposed mining lease; 23
(b) the day the mining registrar endorses the certificate of application 24
under section 252(2).62 25
`(2) The "consultation and negotiation period" for the proposed 26
mining lease ends-- 27
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(a) if paragraph (b) does not apply--3 months after the period starts; 1
or 2
(b) if the consultation and negotiation parties agree on a time, which 3
must be later than the time that would otherwise apply under 4
paragraph (a), and advise the mining registrar in writing of the 5
agreed later time--at the agreed later time. 6
`(3) However, if an environmental impact statement is completed under 7
part 7 for the proposed mining lease, the consultation and negotiation period 8
for the proposed mining lease ends on the later of the following-- 9
(a) 3 months after the day the mining registrar displays the notice 10
about the environmental impact statement at the mining 11
registrar's office under section 264(3);63 12
(b) if the registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land and 13
the applicant agree on a time, which must be later than the time 14
that would otherwise apply under paragraph (a), and advise the 15
mining registrar in writing of the agreed later time--at the agreed 16
later time. 17
for consultation and negotiation 18
`Requirement
`589.(1) In the consultation and negotiation period, the consultation and 19
negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease must consult and negotiate 20
with a view to obtaining the agreement of each of the registered native title 21
parties for the non-exclusive land (a "negotiated agreement") to-- 22
(a) the granting of the proposed mining lease; and 23
(b) any conditions to be complied with by the consultation and 24
negotiation parties if the proposed mining lease is granted. 25
`(2) Also, as part of the consultation and negotiation-- 26
(a) the applicant-- 27
(i) must consult the registered native title parties about ways of 28
minimising the impact of the proposed mining lease on 29
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registered native title rights and interests in relation to the 1
non-exclusive land, including about-- 2
(A) any access to the land; and 3
(B) the way in which anything authorised by the proposed 4
mining lease might be done; and 5
(ii) for the consultation, must have regard to the guidelines set 6
out in this subdivision for applicant consultation; and 7
(b) the registered native title parties-- 8
(i) must consult the other consultation and negotiation parties 9
about the effect of the proposed mining lease on their 10
registered native title rights and interests; and 11
(ii) for the consultation, must have regard to the guidelines 12
stated in this subdivision for registered native title party 13
consultation. 14
of negotiation 15
`Content
`590.(1) Subsections (3) to (5) apply for the requirement under this 16
subdivision to negotiate. 17
`(2) However, subject to those subsections, this subdivision does not 18
limit the requirements that apply for negotiation. 19
`(3) A consultation and negotiation party must make every reasonable 20
effort to reach agreement. 21
`(4) A consultation and negotiation party is not required to negotiate 22
about issues unrelated or unconnected to the proposed mining lease. 23
`(5) A consultation and negotiation party is not required to negotiate 24
about matters unrelated to the impact of the proposed mining lease on the 25
registered native title rights and interests of registered native title parties. 26
`(6) The failure of 1 consultation and negotiation party to negotiate as 27
required under this subdivision can not be used to establish that another 28
consultation and negotiation party has not negotiated as required under this 29
subdivision. 30
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`Request
`591.(1) At any time during the consultation and negotiation period, a 2
consultation and negotiation party may ask for mediation to help in 3
resolving issues relevant to the consultation and negotiation. 4
`(2) If a consultation and negotiation party asks for mediation under 5
subsection (1), mediation-- 6
(a) must be conducted by-- 7
(i) a mediator chosen by the consultation and negotiation 8
parties; or 9
(ii) if the consultation and negotiation parties are not able to 10
agree on a mediator and the party asks the tribunal to provide 11
the mediation--the tribunal, or a mediator chosen by the 12
tribunal; and 13
(b) does not extend the consultation and negotiation period; and 14
(c) may continue after the consultation and negotiation period has 15
ended if the consultation and negotiation parties agree; and 16
(d) may end at any time-- 17
(i) by decision of the mediator; or 18
(ii) by agreement of the consultation and negotiation parties. 19
for consultation and negotiation--applicant consultation 20
`Process
`592.(1) This section states guidelines for applicant consultation under 21
this subdivision. 22
`(2) The consultation should start as soon as practicable after the 23
consultation and negotiation period starts. 24
`(3) The applicant should-- 25
(a) give each registered native title party for the non-exclusive land a 26
true copy of the application for the proposed mining lease (but not 27
the statement detailing the applicant's financial and technical 28
resources) and the endorsed certificate of application; and 29
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(b) convene at least 1 meeting ("consultation meeting") to provide a 1
reasonable opportunity for all registered native title parties to be 2
given a presentation about the proposed mining lease. 3
`(4) A consultation meeting may be-- 4
(a) in the town or city where the mining registrar is located; or 5
(b) in a town or city in which there is an office of the representative 6
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for the area that includes 7
the non-exclusive land; or 8
(c) at another place agreed between the consultation and negotiation 9
parties. 10
`(5) Subject to subsection (4), a consultation meeting should be at a time 11
and place suitable for maximising attendance. 12
`(6) If the applicant has convened a consultation meeting under 13
subsection (3)(b), the meeting is taken to have happened even though not 14
all, or none, of the registered native title parties attended the meeting. 15
`(7) The presentation mentioned in subsection (3)(b) should be directed 16
at providing registered native title parties with an understanding of the 17
anticipated nature, extent and impact of the proposed mining lease. 18
`(8) Consultation under this section should be completed within 1 month 19
after the closing day (native title issues) for the proposed mining lease. 20
for consultation and negotiation--registered native title 21
`Process
parties consultation 22
`593.(1) This section states the guidelines for registered native title party 23
consultation under this subdivision. 24
`(2) The consultation should be carried out as soon as practicable after the 25
applicant consultation has been completed. 26
`(3) Each registered native title party for the non-exclusive land should 27
advise the other consultation and negotiation parties about the impact the 28
party considers the proposed mining lease will have on the party's 29
registered native title rights and interests. 30
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for consultation and negotiation--taking account of existing 1
`Process
rights, interests and use 2
`594. Without limiting the scope of consultation and negotiation under 3
this subdivision, the nature and extent of the following may be taken into 4
account-- 5
(a) existing non-native title rights and interests in relation to the non- 6
exclusive land of persons, other than registered native title parties 7
for the non-exclusive land; 8
(b) existing use of the non-exclusive land by persons, other than the 9
registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land; 10
(c) the practical effect of the exercise of any existing non-native title 11
rights and interests mentioned in paragraph (a), and of the 12
existing use mentioned in paragraph (b), on the exercise of native 13
title rights and interests in relation to the non-exclusive land. 14
for consultation and negotiation--negotiated agreement with 15
`Process
or without conditions attached 16
`595.(1) This section applies if a negotiated agreement is obtained, 17
whether or not the negotiated agreement includes conditions to be complied 18
with by the consultation and negotiation parties for the proposed mining 19
lease if the proposed mining lease is granted. 20
`(2) The consultation and negotiation parties must-- 21
(a) lodge a certificate in the approved form with the mining registrar 22
stating that a negotiated agreement has been obtained for the 23
proposed mining lease; and 24
(b) give a copy of the certificate to the tribunal. 25
`(3) When the approved form has been lodged under subsection (2), the 26
additional requirements provided for under this division stop applying to the 27
proposed mining lease. 28
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for consultation and negotiation--negotiated agreement with 1
`Process
conditions attached 2
`596.(1) This section applies if a negotiated agreement is obtained, and 3
the negotiated agreement includes conditions to be complied with by the 4
consultation and negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease if the 5
proposed mining lease is granted. 6
`(2) The negotiated agreement has effect, if the proposed mining lease is 7
granted, as if-- 8
(a) the conditions included in the agreement were the terms of a 9
contract; and 10
(b) all the consultation and negotiation parties were parties to the 11
contract; and 12
(c) if a registered native title party is a registered native title 13
claimant--any individual included in the native title claim group 14
concerned were a party to the contract. 15
`(3) Subsection (2) has effect in addition to any other effect that the 16
negotiated agreement may have apart from under subsection (2). 17
during consultation and negotiation period 18
`Objection
`597.(1) At any time during the consultation and negotiation period, a 19
registered native title party may lodge an objection to the proposed mining 20
lease on the ground that the granting of the proposed mining lease would 21
affect the party's registered native title rights and interests. 22
`(2) The objection-- 23
(a) must be made in writing in the approved form; and 24
(b) must be lodged with the mining registrar; and 25
(c) must state the facts and circumstances relied on by the registered 26
native title party in support of the ground of objection. 27
`(3) Anything about the amount or payment of compensation is not a 28
ground for objection. 29
`(4) The registered native title party must also give a copy of the 30
objection, and all material accompanying the objection, to the other 31
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consultation and negotiation parties and the tribunal as soon as practicable 1
after the objection is lodged with the mining registrar. 2
`(5) At any time before a combined hearing is held for the proposed 3
mining lease, the registered native title party may withdraw the objection by 4
lodging with the mining registrar a written notice withdrawing the objection. 5
`(6) The registered native title party must also give a copy of the written 6
notice withdrawing the objection to the other consultation and negotiation 7
parties and the tribunal as soon as practicable after the withdrawal of the 8
objection is lodged with the mining registrar. 9
`(7) The registered native title party must withdraw the objection under 10
this section if at any time a negotiated agreement is obtained. 11
`(8) The registered native title party for the non-exclusive land may object 12
about the effect of the proposed mining lease on its registered native title 13
rights and interests only under this section, and may not object under 14
section 260.64 15
`(9) An objection lodged under this section, if it is not withdrawn, must 16
be heard by the tribunal in a combined hearing under subdivision 4. 17
`(10) However, the tribunal must not hear an objection if the objection 18
has not been made in compliance with this section. 19
4--Referral and native title issues decision 20
`Subdivision
of proposed mining lease to tribunal 21
`Referral
`598.(1) If the consultation and negotiation period has ended, but a 22
negotiated agreement has not been obtained, a consultation and negotiation 23
party for the proposed mining lease may, in the approved form lodged with 24
the tribunal, refer the proposed mining lease to the tribunal for a decision 25
under this division (a "native title issues decision"). 26
`(2) A copy of the approved form must also be given to the other 27
consultation and negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease. 28
64 Section 260 (Objection to grant of application for grant of mining lease)
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negotiation and mediation 1
`Continuing
`599.(1) After the lodging of the approved form for a referral, the 2
consultation and negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease may 3
continue to negotiate, including through mediation, to achieve a negotiated 4
agreement before the native title issues decision is made. 5
`(2) If a negotiated agreement is achieved, the tribunal may not make a 6
native title issues decision. 7
of referral 8
`Withdrawal
`600.(1) A consultation and negotiation party may at any time before the 9
native title issues decision is made withdraw its referral of the proposed 10
mining lease to the tribunal by-- 11
(a) giving a withdrawal of referral in the approved form to the 12
tribunal; and 13
(b) giving each other consultation and negotiation party a copy of the 14
withdrawal of referral. 15
`(2) Nothing in subsection (1) stops the consultation and negotiation 16
party who withdrew the referral, or any other consultation and negotiation 17
party, making another referral under this subdivision. 18
hearing 19
`Combined
`601.(1) The hearing under part 7 of the application for the grant of the 20
proposed mining lease must include the following-- 21
(a) the hearing of the objections and other matters mentioned in 22
section 268(1);65 23
(b) the hearing for a native title issues decision, including the hearing 24
of any objections lodged under section 597. 25
`(2) The hearing mentioned in subsection (1) is a "combined hearing". 26
65 Section 268 (Hearing of application for grant of mining lease)
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`(3) The tribunal must not act under section 27066 to dispense with a 1
hearing, unless a negotiated agreement has been reached. 2
of date for combined hearing 3
`Fixing
`602.(1) If the tribunal is required to fix under section 265 a hearing date 4
for the combined hearing, but there has not yet been a referral (other than a 5
referral that has been withdrawn) of the mining lease for a native title issues 6
decision, the tribunal may-- 7
(a) with the agreement of the applicant-- 8
(i) fix a hearing date for the application for the proposed mining 9
lease, and any objections to the application, under 10
section 26567 as if the hearing were not a combined hearing; 11
and 12
(ii) proceed with the hearing of the application for the proposed 13
mining lease, and any objections to the application, as if the 14
hearing were not a combined hearing; and 15
(iii) at an appropriate time-- 16
(A) adjourn the hearing under section 268(6);68 and 17
(B) as soon as practicable after the proposed mining lease is 18
referred to the tribunal for a native title issues decision, 19
reconvene the combined hearing; or 20
(b) fix a date for the combined hearing after the proposed mining 21
lease is referred to the tribunal for a native title issues decision. 22
`(2) If the proposed mining lease has been referred to the tribunal for a 23
native title issues decision, but the tribunal has not yet become required 24
under section 265 to fix a hearing date for the combined hearing, the 25
tribunal must fix a date for the combined hearing when the tribunal is able 26
to fix a date under section 265. 27
66 Section 270 (Procedure where no objections lodged)
67 Section 265 (Tribunal to fix hearing date)
68 Section 268 (Hearing of application for grant of mining lease)
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`Subdivision 5--Requirements for combined hearing 1
about conduct of combined hearing 2
`Directions
`603. At any time after the referral of the proposed mining lease for a 3
native title issues decision, the tribunal may give directions to the 4
consultation and negotiation parties, including directions about the filing and 5
serving of the following-- 6
(a) a statement by the applicant that includes a copy of the material 7
provided to the registered native title parties under subdivision 3; 8
(b) a statement of impact by each registered native title party, stating 9
the effect the party considers the proposed mining lease will have 10
on the party's registered native title rights and interests; 11
(c) submissions by any of the consultation and negotiation parties on 12
the matters the tribunal will be required to take into account for 13
making its native title issues decision. 14
of compliance with sdiv 3 15
`Issue
`604.(1) If a consultation and negotiation party raises the issue of 16
whether another consultation and negotiation party has complied with 17
subdivision 3, including with the requirement for negotiation, the issue 18
must be dealt with as a part of the combined hearing for the application for 19
the grant of the proposed mining lease. 20
`(2) If at the combined hearing the tribunal is not satisfied that the 21
applicant or the State has complied with subdivision 3, including with the 22
requirement for negotiation, it may adjourn the combined hearing to allow 23
for the subdivision to be complied with by all the consultation and 24
negotiation parties. 25
`(3) Any single adjournment under subsection (2) may only be for a 26
maximum period of 3 months. 27
`(4) If the tribunal is satisfied that a registered native title party did not 28
comply with subdivision 3, including with the requirement for negotiation, 29
the tribunal may not adjourn the combined hearing on that ground alone. 30
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`(5) However, the tribunal may take the failure of the registered native 1
title party to comply into account in making its native title issues decision. 2
of native title issues decision 3
`Nature
`605.(1) The native title issues decision must be 1 of the following-- 4
(a) that the proposed mining lease may be granted; 5
(b) that the proposed mining lease may be granted, but subject to 6
either or both of the following-- 7
(i) that conditions, described or identified in the native title 8
issues decision, are to be included in the mining lease; 9
(ii) that conditions ("contract conditions"), described or 10
identified in the native title issues decision, are required to be 11
complied with by 1 or more of the consultation and 12
negotiation parties (even though the conditions are not 13
included in the mining lease); 14
(c) that the proposed mining lease should not be granted. 15
`(2) A native title issues decision may include a condition, whether or not 16
a contract condition, that an amount is to be held in trust for compensation 17
until it is dealt with under part 18.69 18
`(3) A native title issues decision may not include a condition, whether or 19
not a contract condition, that has the effect that a registered native title party 20
is entitled to payments from the applicant worked out by reference to-- 21
(a) the amount of profits to be made under the proposed mining 22
lease; 23
(b) the amount of any income to be derived under the proposed 24
mining lease; 25
(c) anything to be produced under the proposed mining lease. 26
69 Part 18 (Compensation)
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of native title issues decision 1
`Overruling
`606.(1) The Minister may overrule the native title issues decision only 2
if-- 3
(a) the Minister principally responsible for indigenous affairs is 4
consulted; and 5
(b) the consultation is taken into account; and 6
(c) it is in the interests of Queensland to overrule the native title 7
issues decision; and 8
(d) the Minister overrules the decision within 2 months after the 9
native titles issues decision is made. 10
`(2) If the Minister overrules the native title issues decision, the Minister 11
must make a substituted decision, and the substituted decision has effect as 12
the native title issues decision. 13
`(3) The Minister must give a copy of the substituted decision to the 14
tribunal and the consultation and negotiation parties. 15
`(4) In this section-- 16
"in the interests of Queensland" includes-- 17
(a) for the social or economic benefit of Queensland (including of 18
Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders); and 19
(b) in the interests of the relevant region or locality in Queensland. 20
of native title issues decision 21
`Effect
`607.(1) If the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining 22
lease may be granted, the tribunal is not stopped from recommending under 23
section 269 that the application for the proposed mining lease should be 24
granted. 25
`(2) If the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining lease 26
may be granted, but subject to conditions to be included in the mining 27
lease-- 28
(a) the tribunal is not stopped from recommending under section 269 29
that the application for the proposed mining lease should be 30
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granted, if the recommendation includes a recommendation that 1
the proposed mining lease be granted subject to the conditions; 2
and 3
(b) the Minister is not stopped from recommending to the Governor 4
in Council under section 27170 that the proposed mining lease be 5
granted, if the recommendation includes a recommendation that 6
the proposed mining lease be granted subject to the conditions. 7
`(3) If the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining lease 8
may be granted subject to contract conditions, the tribunal is not stopped 9
from recommending under section 269 that the application for the proposed 10
mining lease should be granted. 11
`(4) If the native title issues decision 71 is that the proposed mining lease 12
should not be granted-- 13
(a) the tribunal must not recommend under section 269 that the 14
application for the proposed mining lease should be granted; and 15
(b) the Minister must not recommend to the Governor in Council 16
under section 27172 that the proposed mining lease be granted. 17
`(5) A contract condition has effect, in addition to any effect that it may 18
have other than under this subsection, as if it were included in the terms of a 19
contract among the consultation and negotiation parties. 20
`(6) If a consultation and negotiation party is a registered native title 21
claimant, any individual included in the native title claim group concerned is 22
a party to the contract. 23
native title issues decision 24
`Tribunal's
`608.(1) In making its native title issues decision, the tribunal must take 25
70 Section 271 (Minister to consider recommendation made in respect of
application for grant of mining lease)
71 The native title issues decision could be the decision of the tribunal, or it could
be the substituted decision of the Minister after an overruling of the tribunal's
decision.
72 Section 271 (Minister to consider recommendation made in respect of
application for grant of mining lease)
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into account the effect of the proposed mining lease on-- 1
(a) the enjoyment by the registered native title parties of their 2
registered native title rights and interests; and 3
(b) the economic or other significance of the proposed mining lease 4
to the following-- 5
(i) Australia; 6
(ii) Queensland; 7
(iii) the region; 8
(iv) the inhabitants of the area in which the land the subject of the 9
proposed mining lease is located. 10
(2) In taking into account the matters mentioned in subsection (1), the 11
tribunal may also consider the effect of the proposed mining lease on-- 12
(a) the way of life, culture, traditions and economic interests of any 13
of the registered native title parties; and 14
(b) the freedom of access by any of the registered native title parties 15
to the non-exclusive land; and 16
(c) the carrying out, by any of the registered native title parties, of 17
rites, ceremonies or other activities of cultural significance, on the 18
non-exclusive land, in accordance with their traditions; and 19
(d) any area or site of particular significance to the registered native 20
title parties in accordance with their traditions, that is located on 21
the non-exclusive land; and 22
(e) any other matter the tribunal considers relevant. 23
`(3) In deciding the effect of the proposed mining lease on the matter 24
mentioned in subsection (1)(a), the tribunal must also take into account the 25
nature and extent of-- 26
(a) existing non-native title rights and interests in relation to the non- 27
exclusive land of persons other than the registered native title 28
parties; and 29
(b) existing use of the land by persons other than the registered native 30
title parties. 31
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`(4) In complying with subsections (1) to (3), the tribunal must take into 1
account the content of all objections lodged under this division to the 2
granting of the proposed mining lease, and any other documents lodged or 3
filed under this division. 4
`(5) Taking into account the effect of the proposed mining lease on an 5
area or site mentioned in subsection (2)(d) does not affect the operation of 6
any law of the State for the preservation or protection of those areas or sites. 7
`(6) Before making the native title issues decision-- 8
(a) the tribunal must find out whether there are any issues relevant to 9
its decision on which the consultation and negotiation parties 10
agree; and 11
(b) if there are agreed issues under paragraph (a), and all the 12
consultation and negotiation parties consent--the tribunal, in 13
making its native title issues decision-- 14
(i) must take the agreed issues into account; and 15
(ii) need not take into account the matters mentioned in 16
subsection (1), and need not consider the matters mentioned 17
in subsection (2), to the extent the matters relate to the agreed 18
issues. 19
matters 20
`Deferred
`609.(1) As well as making the native title issues decision, the tribunal 21
may make a decision about matters (the "deferred matters") that-- 22
(a) were the subject of consultation and negotiation in the 23
consultation and negotiation period for the proposed mining lease; 24
and 25
(b) under an agreement that includes all the consultation and 26
negotiation parties, are to be the subject of further consultation 27
and negotiation, or are to be decided in a way stated in the 28
decision under this section; and 29
(c) are not reasonably capable of being decided when the native title 30
issues decision is made; and 31
(d) are not directly relevant to the native title issues decision. 32
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`(2) The tribunal must give a copy of its decision under this section to-- 1
(a) the consultation and negotiation parties; and 2
(b) if the State is not a consultation and negotiation party, the mining 3
registrar. 4
`(3) The tribunal's decision under this section about the deferred matters 5
is binding on all the consultation and negotiation parties. 6
`(4) If-- 7
(a) the decision under this section is that the deferred matters are to 8
be decided by arbitration; and 9
(b) after the decision is made, the consultation and negotiation parties 10
can not agree on the way the arbitration is to take place; 11
the tribunal, on the application of a consultation and negotiation party, has 12
jurisdiction to decide the deferred matters. 13
time requirement for making native title issues decision 14
`General
`610.(1) The tribunal must take all reasonable steps to make sure that the 15
native title issues decision is made within 4 months after the proposed 16
mining lease is referred to the tribunal for the decision. 17
`(2) If the native title issues decision is not made within the 4 months, the 18
tribunal must, as soon as practicable after the 4 months ends, give a written 19
notice to the Minister-- 20
(a) advising why the native title issues decision has not yet been 21
made; and 22
(b) giving an estimate of when the decision is likely to be made. 23
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4--Other mining leases not on alternative provision areas 1
`Division
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 2
of div 4 3
`Application
`611.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 4
granting of a proposed mining lease over non-exclusive land under part 7, 5
other than a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining lease. 6
`(2) The additional requirements do not apply for the non-exclusive land 7
that is an alternative provision area unless, under section 579(4), the 8
additional requirements in this division are applied instead of the additional 9
requirements in division 3. 10
for div 4 11
`Definitions
`612. In this division-- 12
"applicant" means the applicant for the proposed mining lease. 13
"closing day (native title issues)", for the proposed mining lease, see 14
section 614(3). 15
"compensation provisions" see part 18. 16
"combined hearing", for the proposed mining lease, see section 633. 17
"consultation and negotiation parties", for the proposed mining lease, 18
see section 619(1). 19
"consultation and negotiation period", for the proposed mining lease, 20
means the period described in section 620. 21
"contract condition" see section 637(1). 22
"Minister's decision" see section 644. 23
"notification day (native title issues)", for the proposed mining lease, 24
see section 614(2). 25
"negotiated agreement", for the proposed mining lease, 26
see section 621(1). 27
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"native title issues decision" see section 630(1). 1
"registered native title party", for the proposed mining lease, see 2
section 615. 3
"urgency notice" see section 643. 4
2--Notification and registration requirements 5
`Subdivision
to notify 6
`Requirement
`613.(1) The applicant must give a written notice about the proposed 7
mining lease to-- 8
(a) all native title notification parties for the non-exclusive land; and 9
(b) the mining registrar for the land the subject of the proposed 10
mining lease. 11
`(2) The applicant must also make sure that a public notice, containing 12
the substance of the written notice mentioned in subsection (1), is published 13
in-- 14
(a) a newspaper circulating generally in the area of the land the 15
subject of the proposed mining lease; and 16
(b) a relevant special interest publication. 17
`(3) The written notice must be given under subsection (1), and the 18
public notice must be published under subsection (2)-- 19
(a) not earlier than 3 months before the application for the proposed 20
mining lease is lodged; and 21
(b) not later than-- 22
(i) the end of the period of 28 days after the certificate of 23
application for the proposed mining lease is endorsed by the 24
mining registrar under section 252(2);73 25
(ii) if the mining registrar decides a longer period under 26
section 252(7)--the end of the longer period; 27
73 Section 252 (Certificate of application etc.)
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(iii) if, under section 616(3), the mining registrar decides that the 1
written notice has not been given as required under this 2
subdivision, and decides a further period for the giving of 3
the written notice--the end of the further period. 4
`(4) The written notice may be about more than 1 proposed mining lease. 5
of written notice 6
`Content
`614.(1) The written notice must state the following-- 7
(a) the following days for the proposed mining lease-- 8
(i) the notification day (native title issues) 9
(ii) the closing day (native title issues); 10
(b) how a person may become a registered native title party for the 11
proposed mining lease; 12
(c) that registered native title parties have a right-- 13
(i) to be consulted about the proposed mining lease74; and 14
(ii) to object to the granting of the proposed mining lease75; and 15
(iii) to negotiate with a view to reaching agreement about the 16
granting of the proposed mining lease;76 17
(d) a clear description of the non-exclusive land; 18
(e) a description of the nature of the proposed mining lease; 19
(f) whether an election has been made to apply this division to an 20
alternative provision area; 21
(g) that the proposed mining lease, if granted, will be granted by the 22
Governor in Council; 23
74 See sections 619 (Parties to consultation and negotiation) and 621 (Requirement
for consultation and for negotiation in good faith)
75 See section 629 (Objection during consultation and negotiation period)
76 See section 621 (Requirement for consultation and for negotiation in good faith)
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(h) how further information about the proposed mining lease, and 1
about the matters mentioned in paragraph (c), can be obtained 2
from the applicant and from the mining registrar. 3
`(2) The "notification day (native title issues)" must be a day that may 4
reasonably be assumed to be a day by which-- 5
(a) the written notice will have been received by the persons to whom 6
it is to be given, and 7
(b) the public notice containing the substance of the written notice 8
will have come to the attention of the persons to whom the public 9
notice is directed. 10
`(3) The "closing day (native title issues)" must be a day at least 3 11
months after the notification day (native title issues). 12
a registered native title party 13
`Becoming
`615. Each of the following is a "registered native title party" for the 14
proposed mining lease-- 15
(a) a body corporate that, on or before the closing day (native title 16
issues), is a registered native title body corporate in relation to the 17
land affected by the proposed mining lease; 18
(b) a body corporate that becomes a registered native title body 19
corporate in relation to the land affected by the proposed mining 20
lease-- 21
(i) after the closing day (native title issues); and 22
(ii) as a result of a claim that was entered on the register of 23
native title claims on or before the closing day (native title 24
issues); 25
(c) a person who-- 26
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(i) files a native title determination application in the Federal 1
Court on or before the closing day (native title issues) for the 2
proposed mining lease;77 and 3
(ii) becomes a registered native title claimant in relation to the 4
land affected by the proposed mining lease within 1 month 5
after the closing day (native title issues) for the proposed 6
mining lease. 7
to mining registrar 8
`Advice
`616.(1) As soon as practicable after the closing day (native title issues) 9
for the proposed mining lease, the applicant must give the mining 10
registrar-- 11
(a) a statutory declaration in the approved form-- 12
(i) declaring as to the applicant's compliance with the 13
requirements of sections 613 and 614; and 14
(ii) attaching copies of the written notice given, and the public 15
notice published, under section 613; and 16
(b) the names and addresses of-- 17
(i) all registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land as 18
at the closing day (native title issues); and 19
(ii) all native title claimants who may become registered native 20
title parties for the non-exclusive land. 21
`(2) As soon as practicable after the end of 1 month after the closing day 22
(native title issues) for the proposed mining lease, the applicant must give 23
the mining registrar the names and addresses of all persons who have 24
become registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land in the 25
month. 26
77 Section 61 of the Commonwealth Native Title Act sets out details about native
title determination applications.
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`(3) If the mining registrar decides that the written notice has not been 1
given as required under sections 613 and 614, the mining registrar may 2
decide a further period for the giving of the written notice.78 3
of additional requirements if notice of non-objection lodged 4
`Ending
`617. The additional requirements provided for under this division stop 5
applying for the proposed mining lease if after the closing day (native title 6
issues)-- 7
(a) there are no registered native title parties for the non-exclusive 8
land, and no native title claimants who may become registered 9
native title parties for the non-exclusive land; or 10
(b) the following persons certify in the approved form lodged with 11
the mining registrar that they do not object to the grant of the 12
proposed mining lease and do not wish to be consulted about it-- 13
(i) all registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land; 14
(ii) if 1 month after the closing day (native title issues) has not 15
expired, all native title claimants who may become registered 16
native title parties for the non-exclusive land. 17
in consultation and negotiation of potential registered 18
`Participation
native title party 19
`618. For applying the additional requirements provided for in this 20
division in the first month after the closing day (native title issues) for the 21
proposed mining lease, a reference to a registered native title party includes 22
a native title claimant who may become a registered native title party for the 23
non-exclusive land. 24
78 Section 266 (Mining registrar may recommend rejection of application for
noncompliance) provides for recommending rejection of an application for
noncompliance with requirements placed on the applicant by this Act, and
section 267 (Minister may reject application at any time) allows the Minister to
reject an application, including for noncompliance.
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`Subdivision 3--Consultation and negotiation 1
to consultation and negotiation 2
`Parties
`619.(1) The parties to the consultation and negotiation required under 3
this subdivision about the granting of the proposed mining lease are the 4
following (the "consultation and negotiation parties" for the proposed 5
mining lease)-- 6
(a) the applicant; 7
(b) the registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land; 8
(c) the State. 9
`(2) However, the State stops being a consultation and negotiation party 10
for the proposed mining lease if the State and all the other consultation and 11
negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease at any time agree, in the 12
approved form lodged with the mining registrar, that the State is not to be a 13
consultation and negotiation party. 14
`(3) Also, if all the consultation and negotiation parties at any time agree, 15
in the approved form lodged with the mining registrar, that the State is to 16
take a particular role in the consultation and negotiation, stated in the lodged 17
approved form, the State may adopt the stated role, even though it is no 18
longer a consultation and negotiation party. 19
and negotiation period 20
`Consultation
`620.(1) The "consultation and negotiation period" for the proposed 21
mining lease starts on the later of the following-- 22
(a) the closing day (native title issues) for the proposed mining lease; 23
(b) the day the mining registrar endorses the certificate of application 24
under section 252(2).79 25
`(2) The "consultation and negotiation period" for the proposed 26
mining lease ends-- 27
79 Section 252 (Certificate of application etc.)
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(a) if paragraph (b) does not apply--3 months after the period starts; 1
or 2
(b) if the consultation and negotiation parties agree on a time, which 3
must be later than the time that would otherwise apply under 4
paragraph (a), and advise the mining registrar in writing of the 5
agreed later time--at the agreed later time. 6
`(3) However, if an environmental impact statement is completed under 7
part 7 for the proposed mining lease, the consultation and negotiation period 8
for the proposed mining lease ends on the later of the following-- 9
(a) 3 months after the day the mining registrar displays the notice 10
about the environmental impact statement at the mining 11
registrar's office under section 264(3);80 12
(b) if the registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land and 13
the applicant agree on a time, which must be later than the time 14
that would otherwise apply under paragraph (a), and advise the 15
mining registrar in writing of the agreed later time--at the agreed 16
later time. 17
for consultation and negotiation in good faith 18
`Requirement
`621.(1) In the consultation and negotiation period, the consultation and 19
negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease must consult and negotiate 20
in good faith with a view to obtaining the agreement of each of the 21
registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land (a "negotiated 22
agreement") to-- 23
(a) the granting of the proposed mining lease; and 24
(b) any conditions to be complied with by the consultation and 25
negotiation parties if the proposed mining lease is granted. 26
`(2) Also, as part of the consultation and negotiation-- 27
(a) the applicant-- 28
(i) must consult the registered native title parties about ways of 29
minimising the impact of the proposed mining lease on 30
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registered native title rights and interests in relation to the 1
non-exclusive land, including about-- 2
(A) any access to the land; and 3
(B) the way in which anything authorised by the proposed 4
mining lease might be done; and 5
(ii) for the consultation, must have regard to the guidelines set 6
out in this subdivision for applicant consultation; and 7
(b) the registered native title parties-- 8
(i) must consult the other consultation and negotiation parties 9
about the effect of the proposed mining lease on their 10
registered native title rights and interests; and 11
(ii) for the consultation, must have regard to the guidelines set 12
out in this subdivision for registered native title party 13
consultation. 14
of negotiation in good faith 15
`Content
`622.(1) Subsections (3) to (5) apply for the requirement under this 16
subdivision to negotiate in good faith. 17
`(2) However, subject to those subsections, this subdivision does not 18
limit the requirements that apply for negotiation in good faith. 19
`(3) A consultation and negotiation party does not negotiate in good faith 20
if the party does not make every reasonable effort to reach agreement. 21
`(4) To negotiate in good faith, a consultation and negotiation party is not 22
required to negotiate about issues unrelated or unconnected to the proposed 23
mining lease. 24
`(5) A consultation and negotiation party is not required to negotiate 25
about matters unrelated to the impact of the proposed mining lease on the 26
registered native title rights and interests of registered native title parties. 27
`(6) The failure of 1 consultation and negotiation party to negotiate in 28
good faith can not be used to establish that another consultation and 29
negotiation party has not negotiated in good faith. 30
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for mediation 1
`Request
`623.(1) At any time during the consultation and negotiation period, a 2
consultation and negotiation party may ask for mediation to help in 3
resolving issues relevant to the consultation and negotiation. 4
`(2) If a consultation and negotiation party asks for mediation under 5
subsection (1), mediation-- 6
(a) must be conducted by-- 7
(i) a mediator chosen by the consultation and negotiation 8
parties; or 9
(ii) if the consultation and negotiation parties are not able to 10
agree on a mediator and the party asks the tribunal to provide 11
the mediation--the tribunal, or a mediator chosen by the 12
tribunal; and 13
(b) does not extend the consultation and negotiation period; and 14
(c) may continue after the consultation and negotiation period has 15
ended if the consultation and negotiation parties agree; and 16
(d) may end at any time-- 17
(i) by decision of the mediator; or 18
(ii) by agreement of the consultation and negotiation parties. 19
for consultation and negotiation--applicant consultation 20
`Process
`624.(1) This section states guidelines for applicant consultation under 21
this subdivision. 22
`(2) The consultation should start as soon as practicable after the 23
consultation and negotiation period starts. 24
`(3) The applicant should-- 25
(a) give each registered native title party for the non-exclusive land a 26
true copy of the application for the proposed mining lease (but not 27
the statement detailing the applicant's financial and technical 28
resources) and the endorsed certificate of application; and 29
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(b) convene at least 1 meeting ("consultation meeting") to provide a 1
reasonable opportunity for all registered native title parties to be 2
given a presentation about the proposed mining lease. 3
`(4) A consultation meeting may be-- 4
(a) in the town or city where the mining registrar is located; or 5
(b) in a town or city in which there is an office of the representative 6
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for the area that includes 7
the non-exclusive land; or 8
(c) at another place agreed between the consultation and negotiation 9
parties. 10
`(5) Subject to subsection (4), a consultation meeting should be at a time 11
and place suitable for maximising attendance. 12
`(6) If the applicant has convened a consultation meeting under 13
subsection (3)(b), the meeting is taken to have happened even though not 14
all, or none, of the registered native title parties attended the meeting. 15
`(7) The presentation mentioned in subsection (3)(b) should be directed 16
at providing registered native title parties with an understanding of the 17
anticipated nature, extent and impact of the proposed mining lease. 18
`(8) Consultation under this section should be completed within 1 month 19
after the closing day (native title issues) for the proposed mining lease. 20
for consultation and negotiation--registered native title 21
`Process
parties consultation 22
`625.(1) This section states the guidelines for registered native title party 23
consultation under this subdivision. 24
`(2) The consultation should be carried out as soon as practicable after the 25
applicant consultation has been completed. 26
`(3) Each registered native title party for the non-exclusive land should 27
advise the other consultation and negotiation parties about the impact the 28
party considers the proposed mining lease will have on the party's 29
registered native title rights and interests. 30
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for consultation and negotiation--taking account of existing 1
`Process
rights, interests and use 2
`626. Without limiting the scope of consultation and negotiation under 3
this subdivision, the nature and extent of the following may be taken into 4
account-- 5
(a) existing non-native title rights and interests in relation to the non- 6
exclusive land of persons other than registered native title parties 7
for the non-exclusive land; 8
(b) existing use of the non-exclusive land by persons other than 9
registered native title parties for the non-exclusive land; 10
(c) the practical effect of the exercise of any existing non-native title 11
rights and interests mentioned in paragraph (a), and of the 12
existing use mentioned in paragraph (b), on the exercise of native 13
title rights and interests in relation to the non-exclusive land. 14
for consultation and negotiation--negotiated agreement with 15
`Process
or without conditions attached 16
`627.(1) This section applies if a negotiated agreement is obtained, 17
whether or not the negotiated agreement includes conditions to be complied 18
with by the consultation and negotiation parties for the proposed mining 19
lease if the proposed mining lease is granted. 20
`(2) The consultation and negotiation parties must-- 21
(a) lodge a certificate in the approved form with the mining registrar 22
stating that a negotiated agreement has been obtained for the 23
proposed mining lease; and 24
(b) give a copy of the certificate to the tribunal. 25
`(3) When the approved form has been lodged under subsection (2), the 26
additional requirements provided for under this division stop applying to the 27
proposed mining lease. 28
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for consultation and negotiation--negotiated agreement with 1
`Process
conditions attached 2
`628.(1) This section applies if a negotiated agreement is obtained, and 3
the negotiated agreement includes conditions to be complied with by the 4
consultation and negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease if the 5
proposed mining lease is granted. 6
`(2) The negotiated agreement has effect, if the proposed mining lease is 7
granted, as if-- 8
(a) the conditions included in the agreement were the terms of a 9
contract; and 10
(b) all the consultation and negotiation parties were parties to the 11
contract; and 12
(c) if a registered native title party is a registered native title 13
claimant--any individual included in the native title claim group 14
concerned were a party to the contract. 15
`(3) Subsection (2) has effect in addition to any other effect that the 16
negotiated agreement may have apart from under subsection (2). 17
during consultation and negotiation period 18
`Objection
`629.(1) At any time during the consultation and negotiation period, a 19
registered native title party may lodge an objection to the proposed mining 20
lease on the ground that the granting of the proposed mining lease would 21
affect the party's registered native title rights and interests. 22
`(2) The objection-- 23
(a) must be made in writing in the approved form; and 24
(b) must be lodged with the mining registrar; and 25
(c) must state the facts and circumstances relied on by the registered 26
native title party in support of the ground of objection. 27
`(3) Anything about the amount or payment of compensation is not a 28
ground for objection. 29
`(4) The registered native title party must also give a copy of the 30
objection, and all material accompanying the objection, to the other 31
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consultation and negotiation parties and the tribunal as soon as practicable 1
after the objection is lodged with the mining registrar. 2
`(5) At any time before a combined hearing is held for the proposed 3
mining lease, the registered native title party may withdraw the objection by 4
lodging with the mining registrar a written notice withdrawing the objection. 5
`(6) The registered native title party must also give a copy of the written 6
notice withdrawing the objection to the other consultation and negotiation 7
parties and the tribunal as soon as practicable after the withdrawal of the 8
objection is lodged with the mining registrar. 9
`(7) The registered native title party must withdraw the objection under 10
this section if at any time a negotiated agreement is obtained. 11
`(8) The registered native title party for the non-exclusive land may object 12
about the effect of the proposed mining lease on its registered native title 13
rights and interests only under this section, and may not object under 14
section 26081. 15
`(9) An objection lodged under this section, if it is not withdrawn, must 16
be heard by the tribunal in a combined hearing under subdivision 4. 17
`(10) However, the tribunal must not hear an objection if the objection 18
has not been made in compliance with this section. 19
4--Referral and native title issues decision 20
`Subdivision
of proposed mining lease to tribunal 21
`Referral
`630.(1) If the consultation and negotiation period has ended, but a 22
negotiated agreement has not been obtained, a consultation and negotiation 23
party for the proposed mining lease may, in the approved form lodged with 24
the tribunal, refer the proposed mining lease to the tribunal for a decision 25
under this division (a "native title issues decision"). 26
`(2) A copy of the approved form must also be given to the other 27
consultation and negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease. 28
81 Section 260 (Objection to grant of application for grant of mining lease)
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negotiation and mediation 1
`Continuing
`631.(1) After the lodging of the approved form for a referral, the 2
consultation and negotiation parties for the proposed mining lease may 3
continue to negotiate, including through mediation, to achieve a negotiated 4
agreement before the native title issues decision is made. 5
`(2) If a negotiated agreement is achieved, the tribunal may not make a 6
native title issues decision. 7
of referral 8
`Withdrawal
`632.(1) A consultation and negotiation party may at any time before the 9
native title issues decision is made withdraw its referral of the proposed 10
mining lease to the tribunal by-- 11
(a) giving a withdrawal of referral in the approved form to the 12
tribunal; and 13
(b) giving each other consultation and negotiation party a copy of the 14
withdrawal of referral. 15
`(2) Nothing in subsection (1) stops the consultation and negotiation 16
party who withdrew the referral, or any other consultation and negotiation 17
party, making another referral under this subdivision. 18
hearing 19
`Combined
`633.(1) The hearing under part 7 of the application for the grant of the 20
proposed mining lease must include the following-- 21
(a) the hearing of the objections and other matters mentioned in 22
section 268(1);82 23
(b) the hearing for a native title issues decision, including the hearing 24
of any objections lodged under section 629. 25
`(2) The hearing mention in subsection (1) is a "combined hearing". 26
82 Section 268 (Hearing of application for grant of mining lease)
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`(3) The tribunal must not act under section 27083 to dispense with a 1
hearing, unless a negotiated agreement has been reached. 2
of date for combined hearing 3
`Fixing
`634.(1) If the tribunal is required under section 265 to fix a hearing date 4
for the combined hearing, but there has not yet been a referral (other than a 5
referral that has been withdrawn) of the mining lease for a native title issues 6
decision, the tribunal may-- 7
(a) with the agreement of the applicant-- 8
(i) fix a hearing date for the application for the proposed mining 9
lease, and any objections to the application, under 10
section 26584 as if the hearing was not a combined hearing; 11
and 12
(ii) proceed with the hearing of the application for the proposed 13
mining lease, and any objections to the application, as if the 14
hearing was not a combined hearing; and 15
(iii) at an appropriate time-- 16
(A) adjourn the hearing under section 268(6);85 and 17
(B) as soon as practicable after the proposed mining lease is 18
referred to the tribunal for a native title issues decision, 19
reconvene the combined hearing; or 20
(b) fix a date for the combined hearing after the proposed mining 21
lease is referred to the tribunal for a native title issues decision. 22
`(2) If the proposed mining lease has been referred to the tribunal for a 23
native title issues decision, but the tribunal has not yet become required 24
under section 265 to fix a hearing date for the combined hearing, the 25
tribunal must fix a date for the combined hearing when the tribunal is able 26
to fix a date under section 265. 27
83 Section 270 (Procedure where no objections lodged)
84 Section 265 (Tribunal to fix hearing date)
85 Section 268 (Hearing of application for grant of mining lease)
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`Subdivision 5--Requirements for combined hearing 1
about conduct of combined hearing 2
`Directions
`635. At any time after the referral of the proposed mining lease for a 3
native title issues decision, the tribunal may give directions to the 4
consultation and negotiation parties, including directions about the filing and 5
serving of the following-- 6
(a) a statement by the applicant that includes a copy of the material 7
provided to the registered native title parties under subdivision 3; 8
(b) a statement of impact by each registered native title party, setting 9
out the effect the party considers the proposed mining lease will 10
have on the party's registered native title rights and interests; 11
(c) submissions by any of the consultation and negotiation parties on 12
the matters the tribunal will be required to take into account for 13
making its native title issues decision. 14
of negotiation in good faith 15
`Issue
`636.(1) If a consultation and negotiation party raises the issue of 16
whether another consultation and negotiation party has complied with 17
subdivision 3, including with the requirement for negotiation in good faith, 18
the issue must be dealt with as a part of the combined hearing for the 19
application for the grant of the proposed mining lease. 20
`(2) If at the combined hearing the tribunal is not satisfied that the 21
applicant or the State has complied with subdivision 3, including with the 22
requirement for negotiation in good faith, it may adjourn the combined 23
hearing to allow for the subdivision to be complied with by all the 24
consultation and negotiation parties. 25
`(3) Any single adjournment under subsection (2) may only be for a 26
maximum period of 3 months. 27
`(4) If the tribunal is satisfied that a registered native title party did not 28
comply with subdivision 3, including with the requirement for negotiation 29
in good faith, the tribunal may not adjourn the combined hearing on that 30
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ground alone, but it may take the failure to comply into account in making 1
its native title issues decision. 2
of native title issues decision 3
`Nature
`637.(1) The native title issues decision must be 1 of the following-- 4
(a) that the proposed mining lease may be granted; 5
(b) that the proposed mining lease may be granted, but subject to 6
either or both of the following-- 7
(i) that conditions, described or identified in the native title 8
issues decision, are to be included in the mining lease; 9
(ii) that conditions ("contract conditions"), described or 10
identified in the native title issues decision, are required to be 11
complied with by 1 or more of the consultation and 12
negotiation parties (even though the conditions are not 13
included in the mining lease); 14
(c) that the proposed mining lease should not be granted. 15
`(2) A native title issues decision may include a condition, whether or not 16
a contract condition, that an amount is to be held in trust for compensation 17
until it is dealt with under part 18. 18
`(3) A native title issues decision may not include a condition, whether or 19
not a contract condition, that has the effect that a registered native title party 20
is entitled to payments from the applicant worked out by reference to-- 21
(a) the amount of profits to be made under the proposed mining 22
lease; 23
(b) the amount of any income to be derived under the proposed 24
mining lease; 25
(c) anything to be produced under the proposed mining lease. 26
of native title issues decision 27
`Overruling
`638.(1) The Minister may overrule the native title issues decision only 28
if-- 29
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(a) it is in the interests of Queensland to overrule the native title 1
issues decision; and 2
(b) the Minister overrules the decision within 2 months after the 3
native titles issues decision is made. 4
`(2) If the Minister overrules the native title issues decision, the Minister 5
must make a substituted decision, and the substituted decision has effect as 6
the native title issues decision. 7
`(3) The Minister must give a copy of the substituted decision to the 8
tribunal and the consultation and negotiation parties. 9
`(4) In this section-- 10
"in the interests of Queensland" includes-- 11
(a) for the social or economic benefit of Queensland (including of 12
Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders); and 13
(b) in the interests of the relevant region or locality in Queensland. 14
of native title issues decision 15
`Effect
`639.(1) If the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining 16
lease may be granted, the tribunal is not stopped from recommending under 17
section 269 that the application for the proposed mining lease should be 18
granted. 19
`(2) If the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining lease 20
may be granted, but subject to conditions to be included in the mining 21
lease-- 22
(a) the tribunal is not stopped from recommending under section 269 23
that the application for the proposed mining lease should be 24
granted, if the recommendation includes a recommendation that 25
the proposed mining lease be granted subject to the conditions; 26
and 27
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(b) the Minister is not stopped from recommending to the Governor 1
in Council under section 27186 that the proposed mining lease be 2
granted, if the recommendation includes a recommendation that 3
the proposed mining lease be granted subject to the conditions. 4
(3) If the native title issues decision is that the proposed mining lease 5
may be granted subject to contract conditions, the tribunal is not stopped 6
from recommending under section 269 that the application for the proposed 7
mining lease should be granted. 8
`(4) If the native title issues decision 87 is that the proposed mining lease 9
should not be granted-- 10
(a) the tribunal must not recommend under section 269 that the 11
application for the proposed mining lease should be granted; and 12
(b) the Minister must not recommend to the Governor in Council 13
under section 27188 that the proposed mining lease be granted. 14
`(5) A contract condition has effect, in addition to any effect that it may 15
have other than under this subsection, as if it were included in the terms of a 16
contract among the consultation and negotiation parties. 17
`(6) If a consultation and negotiation party is a registered native title 18
claimant, any individual included in the native title claim group concerned is 19
a party to the contract. 20
native title issues decision 21
`Tribunal's
`640.(1) In making its native title issues decision, the tribunal must take 22
into account the following-- 23
(a) the effect of the proposed mining lease on-- 24
(i) the enjoyment by the registered native title parties of their 25
86 Section 271 (Minister to consider recommendation made in respect of
application for grant of mining lease)
87 The native title issues decision could be the decision of the tribunal, or it could
be the substituted decision of the Minister after an overruling of the tribunal's
decision.
88 Section 271 (Minister to consider recommendation made in respect of
application for grant of mining lease)
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registered native title rights and interests; and 1
(ii) the way of life, culture and traditions of any of the registered 2
native title parties; and 3
(iii) the development of social, cultural and economic structures 4
of any of the registered native title parties; and 5
(iv) the freedom of access by any of the registered native title 6
parties to the non-exclusive land; and 7
(v) the freedom of any of the registered native title parties to 8
carry out rites, ceremonies or other activities of cultural 9
significance on the non-exclusive land in accordance with 10
their traditions; and 11
(vi) any area or site on the non-exclusive land of particular 12
significance to the registered native title parties in accordance 13
with their traditions; 14
(b) the interests, proposals, opinions or wishes of the registered 15
native title parties in relation to the management, use or control of 16
land in relation to which there are registered native title rights and 17
interests of the registered native title parties that will be affected 18
by the proposed mining lease; 19
(c) the economic or other significance of the proposed mining lease 20
to Australia, Queensland, the area in which the non-exclusive land 21
is located and Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders who 22
live in the area; 23
(d) any public interest in the granting of the proposed mining lease; 24
(e) any other matter the tribunal considers relevant. 25
`(2) In deciding the effect of the proposed mining on the matters 26
mentioned in subsection (1)(a), the tribunal must also take into account the 27
nature and extent of-- 28
(a) existing non-native title rights and interests in relation to the non- 29
exclusive land; and 30
(b) existing use of the land or waters by persons other than registered 31
native title parties. 32
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`(3) In complying with subsections (1) and (2) the tribunal must take into 1
account all objections lodged under this division to the granting of the 2
proposed mining lease, and any other documents lodged or filed under this 3
division. 4
`(4) Taking into account of the proposed mining lease on an area or site 5
mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(v) does not affect the operation of any law 6
of the State for the preservation or protection of those areas or sites. 7
`(5) Before making the native title issues decision-- 8
(a) the tribunal must find out whether there are any issues relevant to 9
its decision on which the consultation and negotiation parties 10
agree; and 11
(b) if there are agreed issues under paragraph (a), and all the 12
consultation and negotiation parties consent--the tribunal, in 13
making its native title issues decision-- 14
(i) must take the agreed issues into account; and 15
(ii) need not take into account the matters mentioned in 16
subsection (1)(a) to (e) to the extent the matters relate to the 17
agreed issues. 18
matters 19
`Deferred
`641.(1) As well as making the native title issues decision, the tribunal 20
may make a decision about matters (the "deferred matters") that-- 21
(a) were the subject of negotiation in the consultation and negotiation 22
period for the proposed mining lease; and 23
(b) under an agreement that includes all the consultation and 24
negotiation parties, are to be the subject of further negotiation, or 25
are to be decided in a way stated in the decision under this section; 26
and 27
(c) are not reasonably capable of being decided when the native title 28
issues decision is made; and 29
(d) are not directly relevant to the native title issues decision. 30
`(2) The tribunal must give a copy of its decision under this section to-- 31
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(a) the consultation and negotiation parties; and 1
(b) if the State in not a consultation and negotiation party--the 2
mining registrar. 3
`(3) The tribunal's decision under this section about the deferred matters 4
is binding on all the consultation and negotiation parties. 5
`(4) If the decision under this section is that the deferred matters are to be 6
decided by arbitration, and, after the decision is made, the consultation and 7
negotiation parties can not agree on the way the arbitration is to take place, 8
the tribunal, on the application of a consultation and negotiation party, has 9
jurisdiction to decide the deferred matters. 10
time requirement for making native title issues decision 11
`General
`642.(1) The tribunal must take all reasonable steps to make sure that the 12
native title issues decision is made within 6 months after the proposed 13
mining lease is referred to the tribunal for the decision. 14
`(2) If the native title issues decision is not made within the 6 months, the 15
tribunal must, as soon as practicable after the 6 months ends, give a written 16
notice to the Minister-- 17
(a) advising why the native title issues decision has not yet been 18
made; and 19
(b) giving an estimate of when the decision is likely to be made. 20
6--Special provisions about completion of combined 21
`Subdivision
hearing and making of native titles issues decision 22
of urgency notice 23
`Giving
`643.(1) This section applies if the tribunal's native titles issues decision 24
has not been made, and a negotiated agreement has not been reached, 25
4 months after the proposed mining lease was referred to the tribunal for a 26
native title issues decision, other than under a referral that was later 27
withdrawn. 28
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`(2) The Minister may give the tribunal a written notice (an "urgency 1
notice") asking the tribunal to complete its combined hearing and make its 2
native title issues decision within the period stated in the written notice. 3
`(3) The period stated under subsection (2) must be a period ending after 4
the end of the period of 6 months after the proposed mining lease was 5
referred to the tribunal for a native title issues decision, other than under a 6
referral that was later withdrawn. 7
decision if tribunal recommendation delayed 8
`Minister's
`644.(1) This section applies if-- 9
(a) the Minister has given the tribunal an urgency notice under 10
section 643 in relation to the proposed mining lease; and 11
(b) the period stated in the urgency notice for the tribunal to complete 12
its combined hearing and make its native title issues decision has 13
ended; and 14
(c) the tribunal has not made its native title issues decision; and 15
(d) the consultation required under this subdivision (including under 16
this section) for the making of a decision by the Minister has 17
happened. 18
`(2) The Minister may make a decision (the "Minister's decision") 19
under this section about the native title issues decision. 20
`(3) The Minister may make a decision under this section that has the 21
effect of a native title issues decision that the proposed mining lease may be 22
granted, with or without conditions and whether or not contract conditions, 23
only if the Minister has first consulted with the Commonwealth Minister 24
about the making of the decision. 25
`(4) The Minister may make a decision under this section only if-- 26
(a) the tribunal's completion of the combined hearing, and the 27
making of the native title issues decision, are unlikely to happen 28
within a period that is reasonable, taking into account all the 29
circumstances; and 30
(b) it is in the interests of Queensland to make the decision at the time 31
it is made. 32
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`(5) Subsection (4)(a) and (b) does not stop the Minister from taking into 1
account other matters in deciding whether to make a decision under this 2
section. 3
before Minister's decision 4
`Consultation
`645.(1) Before making the Minister's decision, the Minister must give a 5
written notice under subsections (2) and (3). 6
`(2) The Minister must give written notice to the tribunal requiring it, by 7
the end of the day stated in the notice, to give the Minister and each 8
consultation and negotiation party a summary of the material presented to 9
the tribunal in the course of the tribunal considering what the native title 10
issues decision should be. 11
`(3) The Minister must give a written notice to each consultation and 12
negotiation party stating the following-- 13
(a) that the Minister is considering making the decision; 14
(b) that each consultation and negotiation party-- 15
(i) may, by the end of the day stated in the written notice, give 16
the Minister any submission or other material that the 17
consultation and negotiation party wants the Minister to take 18
into account in deciding whether to make the decision and, if 19
so, its terms; and 20
(ii) if the consultation and negotiation party gives the Minister a 21
submission or other material, must also give each of the 22
other consultation and negotiation parties a copy of the 23
submission or other material; and 24
(iii) may, within 7 days after the day stated in the written notice, 25
in response to any submission or other material given by 26
any other consultation and negotiation party or the tribunal, 27
give the Minister any further submission or other material 28
that the consultation and negotiation party wants the Minister 29
to take into account. 30
`(4) The day stated in the written notices given under subsections (2) and 31
(3) must be-- 32
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(a) the same day in all of the written notices given under the 1
subsections; and 2
(b) a day by which, in the Minister's opinion, it is reasonable to 3
assume that all of the written notices given will have been 4
received by, or will otherwise have come to the attention of, the 5
persons who must be notified under this section. 6
`(5) If the Minister complies with subsection (1), there is no requirement 7
for any person to be given any further hearing before the Minister makes 8
the decision. 9
`(6) In making the decision, the Minister-- 10
(a) must take into account-- 11
(i) any submission or material provided by a consultation and 12
negotiation party under subsection (3), but only if the 13
consultation and negotiation party has complied with the 14
Minister's written notice in the way mentioned in subsection 15
(3)(b); and 16
(ii) any report provided by the tribunal; and 17
(iii) the Minister's consultation with the Commonwealth 18
Minister under this subdivision; and 19
(iv) any issues about which the consultation and negotiation 20
parties have agreed in writing and advised to the Minister; 21
and 22
(b) may, but need not, take into account any other matter or thing. 23
`(7) The fact that no submission or other material of the kind mentioned 24
in subsection (3) has been given to the Minister before the end of the day 25
stated in the written notices does not stop the Minister from making the 26
decision. 27
decisions generally 28
`Minister's
`646.(1) The Minister's decision must be in the form of, has effect as, 29
and takes the place of, a native title issues decision. 30
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`(2) The Minister does not have a duty to make a Minister's decision, 1
despite the following-- 2
(a) the giving of any notice by the Minister; 3
(b) the giving of any submission or other material to the Minister; 4
(c) any request by a consultation and negotiation party for the 5
Minister to make the decision; 6
(d) any other circumstance. 7
`(3) The Minister's decision must be made by the Minister personally. 8
`(4) The Minister must table in the Legislative Assembly a report 9
containing the Minister's decision, and the reasons for the decision, within 10
15 sitting days after making the decision. 11
`Division 5--Renewals of mining leases 12
of div 5 13
`Application
`647.(1) This division states additional requirements that apply for the 14
renewal of a mining lease over non-exclusive land under part 7. 15
`(2) The additional requirements do not apply for the renewal of the 16
mining lease if-- 17
(a) the renewed lease does not extend the area to which the mining 18
lease relates; and 19
(b) the term of the renewed lease is no longer than the term of the 20
mining lease; and 21
(c) no rights are created in connection with the renewed lease that 22
were not held under the mining lease. 23
for renewal 24
`Requirements
`648.(1) If the mining lease is a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining 25
lease, division 2 applies, with necessary changes, to the renewal of the 26
mining lease as if the renewal were the granting of the mining lease. 27
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`(2) If the mining lease is not a surface alluvium (gold or tin) mining 1
lease, divisions 3 and 4 apply, with necessary changes, to the renewal of the 2
mining lease as if the renewal were the granting of the mining lease. 3
6--Requirements for subsidiary approvals 4
`Division
for approval--variations and additions 5
`Requirements
`649.(1) This division applies to the granting to the holder of a mining 6
lease over non-exclusive land of a variation or addition to the rights to mine 7
given by the mining lease. 8
`(2) Divisions 3 and 4 apply, with necessary changes, to the variation or 9
addition of the mining lease as if the variation or addition were the granting 10
of the mining lease. 11
`PART 18--COMPENSATION PROVISIONS 12
title holders compensation 13
`Native
`650.(1) Native title holders are entitled to recover, from the holder of a 14
mining tenure granted after the commencement of this section, 15
compensation for the effect of the mining tenure, or the activities carried out 16
under the mining tenure, on native title rights and interests. 17
`(2) If agreement can not be reached about the payment of compensation 18
under subsection (1), any dispute about the payment of, or amount of, 19
compensation is to be decided by the tribunal. 20
`(3) If a registered native title body corporate is entitled to compensation 21
under subsection (1) in relation to the grant of a mining claim or mining 22
lease, the mining claim or mining lease must not be granted unless-- 23
(a) compensation has been decided, whether by agreement or by a 24
decision of the tribunal, between the applicant and the registered 25
native title body corporate; and 26
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(b) the conditions of the agreement or decision have been or are being 1
complied with by the applicant. 2
`(4) If a registered native title body corporate is entitled to compensation 3
under subsection (1) in relation to a prospecting permit, exploration permit 4
or mineral development licence, the registered native title body corporate 5
may recover the compensation from time to time after the grant of the 6
permit or licence for the effect of activities carried out under the permit or 7
licence. 8
`(5) If a native title holder other than a registered native title body 9
corporate is entitled to compensation under subsection (1), it is not 10
necessary for compensation to be decided, whether by agreement or by 11
decision of the tribunal, before the mining tenure is granted or before 12
activities are carried out under the tenure. 13
`(6) If the tribunal must decide compensation under subsection (2), 14
compensation under subsection (1) is not payable to a native title holder 15
unless the native title holder becomes a registered native title body 16
corporate. 17
`(7) However, the tribunal is not stopped from requiring an amount to be 18
held in trust for compensation until a determination of native title is made. 19
`(8) If a decision of the tribunal, whether a native title issues decision or a 20
decision under this section, requires an amount to be held in trust for 21
compensation until it is dealt with under this division-- 22
(a) the tribunal must decide the amount; and 23
(b) the amount when paid must be held in trust, in the way prescribed 24
under a regulation, until it is dealt with under this division. 25
`(9) If a person claiming to be entitled to compensation under 26
subsection (1) asks that the whole or part of the compensation should be in 27
the form of non-monetary compensation, the applicant or the tribunal must 28
consider the request. 29
`(10) If the tribunal decides that compensation may be in the form of 30
non-monetary compensation, but the non-monetary compensation is not 31
provided in the way required under the decision, the person claiming to be 32
entitled to the compensation may ask the tribunal to decide instead that the 33
whole or part of the compensation must consist of the payment of money. 34
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Amendment (No. 2)
with amount held in trust for compensation--determination 1
`Dealing
of no native title 2
`651.(1) This section applies if-- 3
(a) an amount is held in trust for compensation; and 4
(b) either of the following happens-- 5
(i) the application for the proposed mining tenure is rejected 6
under part 7; 7
(ii) the proposed mining tenure is granted under part 7, but a 8
determination of native title is made to the effect that native 9
title did not exist in relation to the non-exclusive land 10
immediately before the mining tenure was granted. 11
`(2) The trustee must-- 12
(a) repay the amount to the person who paid the amount; or 13
(b) if the person no longer exists, apply to the tribunal for a direction 14
about the payment of the amount. 15
with amount held in trust for compensation--determination 16
`Dealing
of native title 17
`652.(1) This section applies if-- 18
(a) an amount is held in trust for compensation; and 19
(b) the proposed mining tenure is granted; and 20
(c) an approved determination of native title is made to the effect that 21
the registered native title parties are, disregarding any holding of 22
native title in trust under the Commonwealth Native Title Act, 23
native title holders for the non-exclusive land; and 24
(d) the registered native title body corporate advises the trustee that it 25
wishes to accept the amount held in trust for compensation 26
instead of any compensation to which the native title holders may 27
be entitled under this division; and 28
(e) the person who paid the amount to the trustee advises the trustee 29
that the person agrees to the registered native title body corporate 30
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accepting the amount held in trust for compensation instead of 1
any compensation to which the native title holders may be entitled 2
under this division. 3
`(2) The trustee must pay the amount to the registered native title body 4
corporate, and there is no other entitlement to compensation under this 5
division. 6
with amount held in trust for compensation--other 7
`Dealing
determination about compensation 8
`653.(1) This section applies if-- 9
(a) an amount is held in trust for compensation; and 10
(b) a determination of native title is made and either of the following 11
applies-- 12
(i) the registered native title body corporate does not advise the 13
trustee that it wishes to accept the amount held in trust for 14
compensation instead of any compensation to which the 15
native title holders may be entitled under this division; 16
(ii) the person who paid the amount to the trustee advises the 17
trustee that the person does not agree to the registered native 18
title body corporate accepting the amount held in trust for 19
compensation instead of any compensation to which the 20
native title holders may be entitled under this division. 21
`(2) The tribunal must decide the compensation payable under this 22
division. 23
`(3) If the decision under subsection (2) is that compensation is payable 24
to the registered native title body corporate-- 25
(a) if the amount held in trust is the same as the compensation 26
decided by the tribunal--the trustee must pay the amount held in 27
trust to the registered native title body corporate; and 28
(b) if the amount held in trust is less that the compensation decided 29
by the tribunal--the trustee must pay the amount held in trust to 30
the registered native title body corporate, and the State must pay 31
the difference in the 2 amounts to the registered native title body 32
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corporate; and 1
(c) if the amount held in trust is more than the compensation decided 2
by the tribunal--the trustee must-- 3
(i) from the amount held in trust, pay the registered native title 4
body corporate an amount equal to the compensation 5
decided by the tribunal; and 6
(ii) pay the remainder of the amount to the person who paid the 7
amount, or if the person no longer exists, apply to the 8
tribunal for a direction about the payment of the remainder 9
of the amount. 10
`(4) If the decision under subsection (2) is that non-monetary 11
compensation is to be provided to the registered native title body corporate, 12
the trustee must apply to the tribunal for a direction about the payment of 13
the amount held in trust. 14
`(5) If the decision under subsection (2) is that no compensation is 15
payable to the registered native title body corporate, the trustee must-- 16
(a) repay the amount to the person who paid the amount; or 17
(b) if the person no longer exists, apply to the tribunal for a direction 18
about the payment of the amount. 19
with amount held in trust for compensation--no applicable 20
`Dealing
provision 21
`654.(1) This section applies if-- 22
(a) an amount is held in trust for compensation; and 23
(b) no other provision of this division provides for, or is reasonably 24
likely to provide for, the disposal of the amount by the trustee; 25
and 26
(c) the tribunal decides, on an application by a person, that it would 27
be just and equitable in all the circumstances to pay the whole or a 28
part of the amount held in trust to the person who applied to the 29
tribunal or to another person. 30
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Amendment (No. 2)
`(2) The trustee must pay the amount held in trust in the way directed by 1
the tribunal.'. 2
of pt 12 hdg 3
Replacement
Clause 10. Part 12, heading-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`PART 19--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS'. 6
of ss 419 and 420 7
Renumbering
Clause 11. Sections 419 and 420-- 8
renumber as sections 655 and 656. 9
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF NATIVE TITLE 10
(QUEENSLAND) ACT 1993 11
amended in pt 4 12
Act
Clause 12. This part amends the Native Title (Queensland) Act 1993. 13
of s 3 (Objects of Act) 14
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 3(2)(c)-- 15
omit. 16
of s 18 (Confirmation of access to beaches etc. (NTA, 17
Amendment
s 197(2) and (3)) 18
Clause 14. Section 18-- 19
insert-- 20
`(da)stock routes;'. 21
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Amendment (No. 2)
of s 146 (Section headings and 1
Replacement
attachment--Commonwealth Native Title Act) 2
Clause 15. Section 146-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
headings--Commonwealth Native Title Act 5
`Section
`146. A reference in a section heading to a provision of the 6
Commonwealth Native Title Act does not form part of this Act. 7
to mine covering both alternative provision areas and other 8
`Rights
areas 9
`146A.(1) This section applies if-- 10
(a) a particular future act is the creation or variation of a right to mine 11
in non-exclusive land that includes land in an alternative provision 12
area and land that is not in an alternative provision area; and 13
(b) alternative provisions applying for the land in the alternative 14
provision area would, if this section had not been passed, have 15
effect in relation to the act. 16
`(2) For the alternative provisions, the future act is taken to consist of the 17
following separate acts-- 18
(a) one act consisting of the creation or variation of the right to mine, 19
but only in the alternative provision area; 20
(b) another act consisting of the creation or variation of the right to 21
mine, but only in the land not in the alternative provision area. 22
`(3) The act mentioned in subsection (2)(b) is taken to be done only 23
when the right concerned is first exercised in the land not in the alternative 24
provision area. 25
`(4) In this section-- 26
"alternative provisions" means laws of Queensland that, under a 27
determination in force under section 43 or 43A of the Commonwealth 28
Native Title Act, have effect instead of the right to negotiate provisions. 29
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Amendment (No. 2)
"non-exclusive land" means land over which native title has not been 1
extinguished. 2
"right to negotiate provisions" means part 2, division 3, subdivision P of 3
the Commonwealth Native Title Act.'. 4
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