Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2006 (Qld)

Queensland Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2006 Subordinate Legislation 2006 No. 293 made under the Geothermal Exploration Act 2004 Mineral Resources Act 1989 Petroleum Act 1923 Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 Part 3 5 6 Part 4 7 8 9 10 Part 5 11 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Geothermal Exploration Regulation 2005 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 7 (Annual rent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Mineral Resources Regulation 2003 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Replacement of sch 5 (Rental payable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 Regulation amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 133 (Fees generally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of sch 9 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Replacement of sch 10 (Annual rent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 Regulation amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 293, 2006 (No. 1) 2006 12 Amendment of s 40 (Annual rent [P&G, s 145]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

s1 3 s4 Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 293, 2006 (No. 1) 2006 Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2006 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 January 2007. Part 2 Amendment of Geothermal Exploration Regulation 2005 3 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the GeothermalExplorationRegulation 2005. 4 Amendment of s 7 (Annual rent) (1) Section 7(1), ‘$2.00’— omit, insert— ‘$2.34’. (2) Section 7(2)— omit. (3) Section 7(3) to (5)— renumber as section 7(2) to (4) .

s5 4 s7 Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 293, 2006 (No. 1) 2006 Part 3 Amendment of Mineral Resources Regulation 2003 5 Regulation amended in pt 3 This part amends the Mineral Resources Regulation 2003. 6 Replacement of sch 5 (Rental payable) Schedule 5— omit, insert — ‘Schedule 5 Rental payable section 83 $ ‘1 For a mining claim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.10 2 For an exploration permit—for each sub-block. . . . . . . . . . 121.50 3 For a mineral development licence—for each hectare— (a) for the first year of the licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.54 (b) for the second year of the licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.15 (c) for the third year of the licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.80 (d) for the fourth year of the licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.50 (e) for a year of the licence after the fourth year. . . . . . . . 22.15 4 For a mining lease—for each hectare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.90’. Part 4 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004 7 Regulation amended in pt 4 This part amends the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Regulation 2004.

s 8 5 s 10 Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 293, 2006 (No. 1) 2006 8 Amendment of s 133 (Fees generally) Section 133(2)— omit. 9 Amendment of sch 9 (Fees) (1) Schedule 9, part 4, item 4(a), ‘102.50’— omit, insert — ‘106.70’. (2) Schedule 9, part 4, item 4(b), ‘25.60’— omit, insert — ‘26.65’. (3) Schedule 9, part 4, item 6(a), ‘2 050.00’— omit, insert — ‘2 134.00’. (4) Schedule 9, part 4, item 6(b), ‘1 025.00’— omit, insert — ‘1 067.00’. 10 Replacement of sch 10 (Annual rent) Schedule 10— omit, insert — ‘Schedule 10 Annual rent sections 145(1) and 146(1)

s 11 6 s 11 Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 293, 2006 (No. 1) 2006 ‘Part 1 Annual rent ‘1 Annual rent for authority to prospect (for each sub-block included in the area for the authority)—Act, s 75(1)(b) . . 2 Annual rent for petroleum lease (for each km 2 of the area for the lease)—Act, s 155(1)(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Annual rent for data acquisition authority (for each sub-block included in the area of the authority)—Act, s 184A(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Annual rent for water monitoring authority (for each sub-block included in the area of the authority)—Act, s 202A(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Annual rent for 1923 Act ATP (for each sub-block included in the area for the authority)—1923 Act, s 74N(1)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2.34 117.30 2.34 1.16 2.34 ‘Part 2 Storage rent ‘1 Annual rent for storing petroleum or prescribed storage gas (for each km 2 of the area for the old lease or, if the Minister has made a call for tenders under the Act, section 218, the area of the proposed petroleum lease stated in the call for tenders)—Act, s 227(3). . . . . . . . . . . $ 117.30’. Part 5 Amendment of Petroleum Regulation 2004 11 Regulation amended in pt 5 This part amends the Petroleum Regulation 2004.

s 12 7 s 12 Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 293, 2006 (No. 1) 2006 12 Amendment of s 40 (Annual rent [P&G, s 145]) Section 40(1), ‘$112.70’— omit, insert — ‘$117.30’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 30 November 2006. 2 Notified in the gazette on 1 December 2006. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Mines and Energy. © State of Queensland 2006