PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 349 Coal mining lease holder’s or oil shale mining lease holder’s obligation to negotiate

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 349

349 Coal mining lease holder’s or oil shale mining lease holder’s obligation to negotiate

(1) The coal or oil shale mining lease holder must, after receiving the copy of the application, make reasonable attempts to reach a coordination arrangement with the applicant about the following matters that provides the best resource use outcome without significantly affecting the parties’ rights or interests—

(a) petroleum production under the proposed petroleum lease;

(b) coal or oil shale mining and any incidental coal seam gas mining under the mining lease.

Note—

For the extent to which coal seam gas production is permitted under the coal or oil shale mining lease, see the Mineral Resources Act , chapter 8 , part 8 , division 1 .

(2) However, the obligation under subsection (1) applies only to the extent that a coordination arrangement is commercially and technically feasible for the mining lease holder.