Referral to Land Court of application and objections
72 Referral to Land Court of application and objections
This section applies if a properly made objection to an application for the grant of a mining claim is lodged.
The chief executive must, within 5 business days after the later of the following, refer the application and all properly made objections to it to the Land Court for hearing—
the last objection day for the application;
if an objection is lodged after the last objection day under section 71(2)—the time for lodging an objection under that subsection ends.
The Land Court must fix a date for the hearing and immediately give written notice of the date to each of the following—
the chief executive;
the applicant;
each person who has lodged a properly made objection to the application.
The hearing date must be at least 20 business days after the later of the following—
the last objection day for the application;
the day a section 65 conference about the application ends.
If all properly made objections referred to the Land Court under subsection (2) are withdrawn under section 71A before the Land Court gives an instruction or makes a recommendation to the Minister under section 78, the Land Court may remit the matter to the chief executive.
In this section—
properly made objection means an objection—
lodged under section 71; and
for which section 71(4) has been complied with; and
that has not been withdrawn.
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