(1) For this division, a
"condition" under a special agreement Act means any of the following—
(a) a
condition of a mining lease or special lease provided for under the
special agreement Act and determined, imposed or prescribed under the
pre-amended MRA or the repealed Land Act 1962;
(b) a
condition of, or stated in, a mining lease, special lease or agreement
provided for under the special agreement Act;
(c) a requirement under, or
stated in, the most recent version of the following planning documents for a
mining lease or special lease provided for under the special agreement Act—
(i) for a mining lease provided for under the
Mount Isa Mines Limited Agreement Act 1985 —the relevant provisions of a
mining plan approved under part 2 of the agreement defined under that Act
relating to the lease;
(ii) for a lease mentioned in this subsection, other
than a lease mentioned in subparagraph (i), each of the following—
(A) an
environmental management overview strategy, however called, for the lease;
(B) a plan of operations for the lease under part 7 of the pre-amended MRA or,
if there is no plan of operations in force for the lease immediately before
the commencement, the most recently expired plan of operations for the lease
under part 7 of the pre-amended MRA.
(2) For deciding, under subsection
(1)(c), the most recent version of a planning document mentioned in subsection
(1)(c)(ii), section 585(2) and (3) applies as if—
(a) a reference to the
Mineral Resources Act were a reference to the pre-amended MRA; and
(b) a
reference to the MRA department were a reference to the department through
which the pre-amended MRA was administered.
(3) In this section—
"requirement" includes a commitment, obligation or undertaking.
