Mineral Resources Amendment Regulation (No. 14) 1993 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1993 No. 512 Mineral Resources Act 1989 MINERAL RESOURCES AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 14) 1993 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amended regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of Schedule 1 (Calculation of royalties) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 14) No. 512, 1993 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Mineral Resources Amendment Regulation (No. 14) 1993 . ˙ Commencement 2. This regulation commences on 1 January 1994. ˙ Amended regulation 3. The Mineral Resources Regulation 1990 is amended as set out in this regulation. ˙ Amendment of Schedule 1 (Calculation of royalties) 4.(1) Schedule 1, clause (c), table, matter relating to coal in columns 1 and 2— omit. (2) Schedule 1, clauses (a), (b) and (c)— renumber as 1, 2 and 3. (3) Schedule 1— insert— ‘Coal ‘4.(1) In this clause— “domestic coal” means coal mined other than export coal mined; “export coal” means coal exported to another State, a Territory or a foreign country; “open-cut coal mine” has the same meaning as in the Coal Mining Act1925 ; “rail haulage arrangement” , for the haulage of coal, means a rail haulage arrangement that is in force at the time of the haulage; “underground coal mine” has the same meaning as in the Coal MiningAct 1925 ;

3 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 14) No. 512, 1993 “value” of coal means the value determined by the Minister under section 9.7. ‘(2) The royalty payable on export coal is 7% of the coal’s value. Ho ‘( w 3 e ) ver, if export coal is hauled— (a) under a written rail haulage arrangement for coal, executed before 1 January 1991; or (b) under a written rail haulage arrangement for coal, executed after 31 December 1990, that makes provision for a resource utilisation charge or coal price adjustment; or (c) under the terms of a written offer of a rail haulage arrangement, made after 30 April 1992, that makes provision for a resource utilisation charge; the royalty payable is— (d) if the coal is mined from an open-cut coal mine—5% of the coal’s value; or (e) if the coal is mined from an underground coal mine—4% of the coal’s value. ‘(4) The royalty payable on domestic coal is— (a) for the calender year— (i) 1994—1% of the coal’s value; and (ii) 1995—2% of the coal’s value; and (iii) 1996—3% of the coal’s value; and (iv) 1997—4% of the coal’s value; and (v) 1998—5% of the coal’s value; and (vi) 1999—6% of the coal’s value; and (b) after 1999—7% of the coal’s value. ’.

4 Mineral Resources Amendment (No. 14) No. 512, 1993 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 16 December 1993. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 17 December 1993. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Minerals and Energy. The State of Queensland 1993