Queensland Consolidated Acts

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 - SECT 91

91 Criteria

(1) In deciding whether to approve a proposed development plan the Minister must consider the following—

(a) the potential of the area of the proposed geothermal lease for geothermal production and related activities;

(b) the nature and extent of the proposed activities and when and where they will be carried out;

(c) whether geothermal production under the geothermal lease will be optimised in the best interests of the State;

(d) the nature and extent of water disposal and treatment activities;

(e) any relevant environmental authority;

(f) any relevant Water Act authorisation;

(g) any potential structural and other impacts of the carrying out of the proposed activities on aquifers.

(2) The matters mentioned in subsection (1) are the
"development plan criteria" .