MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES (COMMON PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 No. 47 - SECT 406 406 Replacement of s 318CN (Use that may be made under mining lease of incidental coal seam gas)

MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES (COMMON PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 No. 47 - SECT 406

Section 318CN—

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Examples of uses of incidental coal seam gas authorised under paragraph (a) or (c)—

1 power generation for equipment used for an authorised activity under the coal mining lease or another resource authority

2 heating

Notes—

1 If the mining lease holder wishes to use the incidental coal seam gas in a way not authorised under subsection (2)(a) or (b), the holder may require an authority under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act. For example, a holder must apply for an authority under that Act if the holder wishes to transport the gas by pipeline outside the area of non-contiguous mining leases or utilise a natural underground reservoir.

2 If the mining lease holder wishes to use the incidental coal seam gas to generate power to supply to another entity, the holder must comply with the Electricity Act 1994.

Examples of uses of incidental coal seam gas authorised under paragraph (a)—

1 power generation for equipment used for mining under the oil shale mining lease

2 heating