Victorian Numbered Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES AMENDMENT (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) ACT 2010 (NO. 59 OF 2010)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  

   PART 2--LICENSING AMENDMENTS TO THE MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1990

   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Minister may exempt land from exploration or mining licence  
   6.      Amendment to heading to Part 2  
   7.      Mining licences  
   8.      New sections 14B and 14C inserted  
   9.      Application for a licence  
   10.     New sections 16 and 16A inserted  
   11.     Grant or refusal of licence  
   12.     Waiver of exploration licence holder's consent  
   13.     Grant of licence  
   14.     Payment of rent in relation to licences  
   15.     Application procedure  
   16.     Grant or refusal of licence—direct allocation  
   17.     Grant of licences—tender  
   18.     Application for renewal of licence  
   19.     New section 31 substituted  
   20.     Period of renewal—exploration licences  
   21.     Decrease in area under exploration licence  
   22.     Cancellation of licence  
   23.     Work plans  
   24.     Commencement of work under prospecting licence  
   25.     Commencement of work under retention licence  
   26.     Miner's right  
   27.     Licensee must rehabilitate land  
   28.     New section 112A inserted  
   29.     New section 137 inserted  
   30.     New Schedule 8 inserted  

   PART 3--OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1990

   31.     Amendment of purpose  
   32.     Definitions  
   33.     Royalties for lignite—definition of gigajoule unit of lignite  
   34.     Work plans—work under licences  
   35.     Variation of work plan on application of a licensee  
   36.     Consent for low impact exploration work  
   37.     Miner's right  
   38.     Tourist fossicking authority  
   39.     Abolition of Mining and Environment Advisory Committee  
   40.     Consequential amendment on abolition of Mining and Environment Advisory Committee  
   41.     Repeal of tourist mine authority provisions  
   42.     Consequential amendments on repeal of tourist mine authority provisions  
   43.     Work plans—extractive industries  
   44.     Variations to work plans—extractive industries  
   45.     New Part 6B inserted  
   46.     What compensation is payable for  
   47.     Compensation agreement  
   48.     Limit on total amount of compensation  
   49.     Regulation making powers—measuring net wet specific energy content of lignite  
   50.     New section 135A inserted  
   51.     Statute law revision  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF VICTORIAN ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGET ACT 2007

   52.     Who may create a certificate  
   53.     Regulations  

   PART 5--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   54.     Repeal  
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