Queensland Consolidated Acts

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 - SECT 16

16 References to large-scale geothermal production

(1) This section applies to a reference in this Act to large-scale geothermal production.

(2) In deciding whether geothermal production is or will not be of a large-scale, regard must be had to any criteria prescribed under a regulation.

(3) In making a regulation under subsection (2) , the following may be considered—

(a) the temperature of fluid or gases extracted in the geothermal production;

(b) the flow rate of fluid or gases extracted in the geothermal production;

(c) the amount of geothermal energy produced.

(4) In this section—

"geothermal production" includes proposed geothermal production.