Environmental Protection Act 1994

For this division, a condition under a special agreement Act means any of the following—

a condition of a mining lease or special lease provided for under the special agreement Act and determined, imposed or prescribed under the pre-amended MRA or the repealed Land Act 1962;Note—For special leases, see the Land Act 1994, section 476 (Existing leases continue).

a condition of, or stated in, a mining lease, special lease or agreement provided for under the special agreement Act;

a requirement under, or stated in, the most recent version of the following planning documents for a mining lease or special lease provided for under the special agreement Act—

for a mining lease provided for under the Mount Isa Mines Limited Agreement Act 1985—the relevant provisions of a mining plan approved under part 2 of the agreement defined under that Act relating to the lease;

for a lease mentioned in this subsection, other than a lease mentioned in subparagraph (i), each of the following—

an environmental management overview strategy, however called, for the lease;

a plan of operations for the lease under part 7 of the pre-amended MRA or, if there is no plan of operations in force for the lease immediately before the commencement, the most recently expired plan of operations for the lease under part 7 of the pre-amended MRA.

For deciding, under subsection (1)(c), the most recent version of a planning document mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(ii), section 585(2) and (3) applies as if—

a reference to the Mineral Resources Act were a reference to the pre-amended MRA; and

a reference to the MRA department were a reference to the department through which the pre-amended MRA was administered.

In this section—requirement includes a commitment, obligation or undertaking.