Protection of Prime Agricultural Land and Other Land from Coal Seam Gas Mining Bill 2013* (Qld)

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Queensland

Protection of Prime Agricultural Land and Other Land from Coal Seam Gas Mining Bill 2013

Queensland

Protection of Prime Agricultural Land and Other Land from Coal Seam Gas Mining Bill 2013

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Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title 0.0... eee Part 2 Purposes and application of Act 2 PurpOSe€S ... 1.2... eee 4 3 How the purposes are achieved...........-.....0 eee eee 4 4 Act binds all persons .......... 0.000 cece ee eee eee eee 5 5 Relationship with other Acts... 2.2.2.0... 000. e eee e eee 5 Part 3 Interpretation 6 Words have same meaning as in Petroleum and Gas

(Production and Safety) Act 2004.................00...00. 7 Meaning of CSG activity................ 0.00 e eee eee 8 Meaning of protected land ................00 0... c eee eee Part 4 Protected land 9 Offence to carry out CSG activity on protected land .......... Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions 10 Liability of executive officers............. 0.00. e cece eee 11 No compensation etc... ........ 0.000002 eee eee ee Part 6 Transitional provisions 12 Definition for pt6 ..... 0... cee eee eee ee 13 Existing petroleum tenures etc. ............ 000. . eee ee eee

14 Existing applications for petroleum tenure etc................

A Bill

for

An Act to protect particular land, including prime agricultural land, for future generations by prohibiting the carrying out on such land of coal seam gas exploration and mining and associated activities

Protection of Prime Agricultural Land and Other Land from Coal Seam Gas Mining Bill 2013 Part 1 Preliminary

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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1

Preliminary

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protection of Prime Agricultural Land and Other Land from Coal Seam Gas Mining Act 2013.

Part 2

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Purposes and application of Act

Purposes

The purposes of this Act are to—