Committee Details

Committee's Report

The committee's report on the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014 was tabled on 5 September 2014.

View: Report No. 46, Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014
View: Government's response to recommendations contained in Report No. 46, Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014
View: Amendments moved during Consideration in Detail
View: Explanatory Notes for the amendments moved during Consideration in Detail
View: Summary of the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014
View: Document tabled at the public briefing held on 25 June 2014 by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines

The Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014 was passed with amendments on 9 September 2014.

About The Bill

Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Hon Andrew Cripps MP, introduced the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014 on 5 June 2014. The Bill was referred to the Agriculture, Resources and Environment Committee in accordance with Standing Order 131.

The committee examined the policies the Bill seeks to give effect to, the Bill’s lawfulness, and the application of fundamental legislative principles, as set out in section 4 of the Legislative Standards Act 1992.

Note: The file size of the report is large (approx. 3MB). You can download separate sections of the report by clicking on the links below.

• Main section
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Dissenting reports

According to the Explanatory Notes, the Bill has the following major policy objectives which support and implement a number of commitments made by the Queensland Government:

1. Modernise and harmonise Queensland’s resources legislation through the Modernising Queensland’s Resources Acts Program (MQRA Program)
2. Give effect to the recommendations of the Land Access Implementation Committee requiring legislative amendment to improve the land access framework relating to private land (Land Access – Private Land)
3. Implement a consistent restricted land framework across all resource sectors (Land Access – Restricted Land)
4. Establish a new overlapping tenure framework for Queensland’s coal and CSG industries (Overlapping Tenure Framework – Coal and Petroleum (CSG))
5. Repeal the Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers’ Superannuation Act 1989 (Repeal of Coal Super Act)
6. Reduce the regulatory burden for small scale alluvial miners specifically, and the mining sector generally (Mining Applications)
7. Remove redundant requirements imposed on holders of a mining tenement, an authority to prospect or petroleum lease (Amendments to Petroleum and Mineral Legislation)
8. Enable greater use of CSG produced as a by-product of coal mining (Incidental CSG)
9. Amend the Mount Isa Mines Limited Agreement Act 1985 to reflect the transition of its environmental provisions to the Environmental Protection Act 1994 and restructure reporting requirements (Mount Isa Mines Limited Agreement Act 1985)
10. Support government and industry action to deal with uncontrolled gas emissions from legacy boreholes (Uncontrolled Gas Emissions from Legacy Boreholes).

View: The Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014
View: Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014
View: Explanatory Notes
View: Explanatory Speech

SUBMISSIONS

Submissions closed on 9 July 2014

timeline

Public briefing Brisbane         25 June 2014 - (Transcript)
Public hearing Brisbane          6 August 2014 -  (Transcript)
Public hearing Toowoomba   19 August 2014 -  (Transcript)
Public hearing Mackay           20 August 2014 - (Transcript)
Public hearing Townsville       20 August 2014 -  (Transcript)
Public meeting Brisbane        27 August 2014 - (Transcript)
Report tabled                         5 September 2014