Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Upon the hearing by the Land Court under this part of all matters in respect of an application for the grant of a mining claim the Land Court may--
(a) instruct the mining registrar to reject the application;
(b) instruct the mining registrar to grant the mining claim--
(i) upon compliance with any terms and conditions imposed by the mining registrar on the applicant with respect to the application or the grant; and
(ii) in the case where the application relates to land that is a reserve and the consent of the owner of the reserve to the grant has been obtained;
(c) in the case where the application relates to land that is a reserve and the owner of the reserve does not consent to the grant of the mining claim--
(i) make an instruction referred to in paragraph (a); or
(ii) recommend to the Minister that the Governor in Council should consent to the grant of the mining claim and, the terms and conditions (if any) to which the mining claim should be subject.
(2) The Land Court shall not--
(a) give an instruction to the mining registrar directed towards the grant of a mining claim;
(b) make a recommendation to the Minister directed towards the giving of consent by the Governor in Council to the grant of a mining claim;
if it is satisfied that--
(c) the provisions of this part have not been complied with; or
(d) the public interest would be adversely affected by the grant of the mining claim; or
(e) there is good reason to refuse to grant the mining claim.
(3) The Land Court may give an instruction or make a recommendation referred to in subsection (2) notwithstanding that the question of compensation has not been determined as provided in section 85.
(4) The Land Court on the application of an objector or owner may award costs against an applicant for a mining claim who abandons the application or does not pursue the application at a hearing.
(5) The Land Court on the application of an applicant for a mining claim may award costs against an objector who withdraws the objection or does not pursue the objection at a hearing.