Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made(1) This section applies if the holder (the mining lease holder) of a relevant mining lease is not the operator of the coal mine (the mine) at which the relevant mining operations are carried out.
(2) It is a condition of the relevant mining lease that the mining lease holder give a person proposing to enter into a contract with the holder to act as the operator of the mine a notice containing all relevant information that—
(a) is available to the holder; and
(b) may assist the person in making a plan (the plan) for the mine that complies with section 27.
(3) Subsection (4) applies if the mining lease holder is not the holder (the petroleum lease holder) of an overlapping or adjacent petroleum lease (the petroleum lease) affected by the relevant mining operations.
(4) It is a condition of the relevant mining lease that the mining lease holder include in the contract appointing a person (the operator) to act as the operator of the mine, an obligation that, before making the plan, the operator—
(a) give the petroleum lease holder a copy of the operator's proposed plan for the mine; and
(b) have regard to any reasonable provisions for the plan proposed by the petroleum lease holder within 20 days after the day the petroleum lease holder is given the copy, to the extent the proposed provisions are technically feasible for the operator or the holder of any overlapping or adjacent petroleum lease.
(5) If a dispute arises between the operator and the petroleum lease holder about the reasonableness of a provision proposed for the plan by the petroleum lease holder—
(a) either party may refer the dispute to the chief inspector of coal mines under section 28; and
(b) if a party refers the dispute and the chief inspector decides it—the chief inspector's decision is binding on both parties.
(6) A plan made by the operator of the mine may relate to another coal mine—
(a) operated by the operator under the relevant mining lease or another coal mining lease held by the mining lease holder; and
(b) at which coal mining operations are carried out in or adjacent to the area of the petroleum lease.