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Data as at 14 September 2026 · from the Queensland EP Act public register

Standard conditions

Many exploration, mineral development, mining claim and small mining lease authorities carry no conditions of their own: they adopt a departmental standard by reference. Before 31 March 2016 that was a Code of environmental compliance; since then it is the eligibility criteria and standard conditions (ESR) documents.

DocumentTitleStatusConditionsAdopted by
EM586 v0Code of environmental compliance for exploration and mineral development projectsSuperseded4475
EM586 v1Code of environmental compliance for exploration and mineral development projectsSuperseded4483
EM586 v1.1Code of environmental compliance for exploration and mineral development projectsCurrent44160
EM587 v0Code of environmental compliance for mining claims and prospecting permitsSuperseded299
EM587 v1Code of environmental compliance for mining claims and prospecting permitsSuperseded292
EM587 v1.1Code of environmental compliance for mining claims and prospecting permitsCurrent290
EM588 v0Code of environmental compliance for mining lease projectsSuperseded4866
EM588 v1Code of environmental compliance for mining lease projectsSuperseded4831
EM588 v1.1Code of environmental compliance for mining lease projectsCurrent4880
ESR/2016/1985Eligibility criteria and standard conditions for exploration and mineral development projectsCurrent43448
ESR/2016/2241Eligibility criteria and standard conditions for mining lease activitiesCurrent46146
ESR/2016/2242Eligibility criteria and standard conditions for mining claimsCurrent295

Where an authority names a Code without a version, the version is taken from the Code's quoted date, or inferred from the instrument's effective date when that falls in one version's period (v0 to 30 March 2013, v1 to 20 May 2014, v1.1 to 30 March 2016). Instruments dated after the Codes were retired are linked to version 1.1.