Mineral Resources Act 1989

The development plan for a coal mining lease or an oil shale mining lease, or a proposed coal mining lease or an oil shale mining lease, (the relevant lease) gives detailed information about the nature and extent of activities to be carried out under the lease.

The development plan may—

also relate to another coal or oil shale mining lease or proposed coal or oil shale mining lease if the other lease or proposed lease relates to the relevant lease; and

provide that when the plan is approved it will replace any development plan for the other lease.

The purposes of giving the information is to—

allow resource management decisions to be made; and

ensure appropriate development of minerals that, under section 234, are specified in the lease.