Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) It is a condition of each prospecting permit that the holder must carry out improvement restoration for the permit.
(1A) If a prospecting permit is granted over land that includes a wild river area, the prospecting permit is subject to any relevant conditions stated in the wild river declaration for the area.
(2) A prospecting permit shall be subject to any prescribed conditions and such other conditions as a mining registrar shall from time to time impose.
(3) In imposing conditions upon the grant of a prospecting permit a mining registrar shall take into consideration the possible effect upon the owner of the land of the grant of the permit having regard to the holder's entitlements under that permit and any other subsisting permits.
(4) A mining registrar may from time to time, by notice in writing to the holder of a prospecting permit vary any condition imposed by the mining registrar.
(5) Despite subsections (1A) to (4), a condition must not be imposed, prescribed or varied if the condition, or the condition as varied, is the same, or substantially the same, or inconsistent with, a relevant environmental condition for the prospecting permit.
(6) The holder of a prospecting permit and all persons acting under the authority of the permit shall comply with the conditions for the time being of the permit of which notice has been served on the holder.
(7) To remove doubt, it is declared that a condition may limit the extent of the holder's entitlements under section 18(1).
(8) If a prospecting permit is subject to a condition imposed under section 433, the condition is taken to be a condition of the permit of which notice has been served on the holder.