MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES (COMMON PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 No. 47 - SECT 239 239 Application for PL over land in area of coal exploration authority (with consent)

MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES (COMMON PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 No. 47 - SECT 239

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person mentioned in the pre-amended P&G Act, section 331 made an application for the grant of a PL that included the requirements mentioned in the pre-amended P&G Act, section 333; and

(b) the application was made but not decided before the commencement.

(2) The new overlap provisions apply to the circumstance of the PL overlapping a coal exploration authority.

(3) For applying the requirement under the new overlap provisions to give a petroleum production notice, the application for grant of the PL is taken to have been made on the commencement.

(4) In this section—

coal exploration authority means an exploration permit granted for coal, or a mineral development licence granted for coal, to which the pre-amended P&G Act, section 331 applies.