Coal seam gas conduct and compensation agreements

Resource companies are required to negotiate compensation with landholders prior to undertaking significant activities on your land. Usually, the compensation is detailed in an agreement called a 'conduct and compensation agreement' (CCA). CCAs set out not only the compensation you will receive but also the way in which the resource company will conduct its activities on your land, particularly how those activities will be done so as to minimise any interference with your farming or grazing activities.

As a landholder, you are entitled to receive compensation for:

• deprivation of possession of land surface;
• reduction in land value;
• reduction in land use including reduced use that could be made through any improvements to it;