Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Applications for the grant of mining claims duly made in respect of or including the same land shall take priority for the purpose of consideration and determination of applications according to the order of the time on which they are lodged as prescribed.
(2) If the mining registrar is or, where applications are lodged with different mining registrars, those registrars are of the opinion that the circumstances of the lodgement of some applications for the grant of mining claims made in respect of or including the same land are such that the applications should be treated as having been lodged simultaneously the mining registrar or registrars may treat the applications as having been lodged simultaneously and shall determine their respective priorities by ballot.
(3) The mining registrar shall advise all applicants when and where the ballot is to be held.