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Clean Energy Bill 2008
Laid before the Legislative Assembly on 12 May 2008
Record of Proceedings (Hansard 13 May 2008)
Clean Energy Bill 2008
Erratum to Explanatory Notes
Title of the Bill
Clean Energy Bill 2008
Reasons for Erratum
The erratum is necessary to ensure the explanatory notes accurately reflect
the provisions of the Bill and to clearly explain the tenure processes for
underground coal gasification.
Notes on Provisions
Clause 86 Amendment of s 137 (Grant of exploration permit)
The fifth paragraph reads `Where there is more than one application in an
area of land and one of the applications has been granted, any remaining
applications over the subject land will be rejected. Where only part of the
area is within the subject land, the Minister will only reject that part.'
This paragraph refers to a proposed sub-subsection of section 137 which is
not in the Bill. The paragraph should therefore be omitted from the
explanatory notes.
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Clause 95 Amendment of s 232 (Land subject to mining lease)
This section reads:
`Clause 95 also relates to the tenure processes for underground coal
gasification.
To proceed to any production using underground coal gasification
technology, in all instances it will be necessary to hold a mineral
development licence that also includes the mineral "f" before obtaining a
mining lease.
For example, where the holder of a mineral development licence has
conducted a trial burn on the mineral development licence and the mineral
development licence is a concurrent tenure with an exploration permit held
by the same person, the person must apply for and be granted a mineral
development licence over that concurrent exploration permit and must also
apply to include the mineral "f" in that mineral development licence to
enable that person to further apply for a mining lease to produce using
underground coal seam technology.'
This section should read:
`Clause 95 also relates to the tenure processes for underground coal
gasification.
For a person to proceed to any production using underground coal
gasification technology, in all instances it will be necessary for the person
to hold a mineral development licence that includes the mineral "f" before
obtaining a mining lease. It is the intention of the amendment to prevent
the holder of an exploration permit for coal from applying for a mining
lease for underground coal gasification without first holding a mineral
development licence that includes the mineral "f".
For example, where the holder of a mineral development licence (that
includes the mineral "f") has conducted a trial burn on the mineral
development licence and the mineral development licence abuts an
exploration permit held by the same person, this holder may only apply for
and be granted, a mining lease over the area of the mineral development
licence, and not the whole area of the mineral development licence and the
exploration permit.
If exploration under the exploration permit and the trial burn conducted on
the mineral development licence indicate that the feedstock resource to
obtain the mineral "f" extends into the area of the exploration permit and is
also suitable for underground gasification, the holder would be required to
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apply for another mineral development licence over the area of the resource
within the exploration permit, and then apply to the Minister to have the
mineral "f" added into the mineral development licence. If and when this
application is approved, the holder may then use the two mineral
development licences to apply for a single mining lease to produce the
mineral "f" using underground gasification technology.'
© State of Queensland 2008
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