Queensland Consolidated Acts

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 - SECT 72

72 Ministerial direction to apply for geothermal lease

(1) The Minister may give the geothermal permit holder a notice stating the following—

(a) that the Minister proposes to do either of the following, (the
"proposed action" ) unless the holder has made an appropriate lease application—

(i) excise a stated area from the area of the geothermal permit;

(ii) cancel the geothermal permit;

(b) the grounds for the proposed action;

(c) the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;

(d) that the holder may, within a stated period, make submissions to the Minister about why the holder should not make a geothermal lease application under chapter 3 , part 2 for the stated area.

Note—

For other relevant provisions about making a submission, see section 363 .

(2) The stated period must be reasonable but must not be more than 6 months.

(3) In this section—

"appropriate lease application" means a geothermal lease application for—

(a) the stated area or an area that is substantially the same as the stated area; or

(b) another area the Minister reasonably considers will effectively allow the holder to carry out authorised activities for a geothermal lease in relation to the stated area.