Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If--
(a) an offshore area is covered by an exploration permit, mineral development licence or mining lease (the mining tenement); and
(b) there is a change to the inner limit of the coastal waters of the State as defined in the Offshore Minerals Act 1998, section 16(1) and (2); and
(c) as a result of the change, the offshore area comes within those coastal waters;
this Act applies, while the mining tenement or any successor mining tenement remains in force, as if the area were still within the offshore area.
(2) If--
(a) a mining lease takes effect immediately after an exploration permit expires; and
(b) the holder of the mining lease immediately after it takes effect was the holder of the exploration permit immediately before it expired;
the mining lease is a successor mining tenement to the exploration permit for subsection (1).
(3) If--
(a) a mineral development licence takes effect immediately after an exploration permit expires; and
(b) the holder of the mineral development licence immediately after it takes effect was the holder of the exploration permit immediately before it expired;
the mineral development licence is a successor mining tenement to the exploration permit for subsection (1).
(4) If--
(a) a mining lease takes effect immediately after a mineral development licence expires; and
(b) the mineral development licence took effect immediately after an exploration permit expired; and
(c) the holder of the mining lease immediately after it takes effect was the holder of the mineral development licence immediately before it expired; and
(d) the holder of the mineral development licence immediately after it took effect was the holder of the exploration permit immediately before it expired;
the mining lease is a successor tenement to the exploration permit and the mineral development licence for subsection (1).
(5) In this section--
offshore area means an area of the sea bed and subsoil to which the Act applies.