MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 260
Objection to application for grant of mining lease
MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 260
Objection to application for grant of mining lease
260 Objection to application for grant of mining lease
(1) An entity may, on or before the last objection day for the application,
lodge with the chief executive an objection in writing in the approved form.
(2) An owner of land who attends a conference with the applicant for the grant
of a mining lease may lodge an objection on or before the expiration of 5
business days after the conclusion of that conference or if the applicant for
the grant of the mining lease fails to attend the conference after the day
upon which the conference was convened, notwithstanding that the period for
objection prescribed by subsection (1) has expired.
(3) An objection referred
to in subsection (1) or (2) shall state the grounds of objection and the facts
and circumstances relied on by the objector in support of those grounds.
(4)
Each objector to an application for the grant of a mining lease shall serve
upon the applicant on or before the last date that the objector may lodge an
objection to that application a copy of the objection lodged by the objector.
