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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 No. 31 - SECT 231

231 Notice to owners and occupiers

(1) This section applies if--

(a) private land has been entered to carry out authorised activities for a geothermal tenure; or
(b) access land for a geothermal tenure has been entered in the exercise of the access rights over the land.

(2) The holder of the geothermal tenure must, within 3 months after the end of the period under subsection (3), (4) or (5), give each owner and occupier of the land a notice stating--

(a) what activities were carried out on the land during that period and where they were carried out; or
(b) if no activities were carried out on the land during the period--that no activities were carried out on the land during that period.

(3) If an entry notice was given for the entry to all owners or occupiers of the land, the period for subsection (2) is the period stated in the entry notice.

(4) If all owners or occupiers of the land gave a waiver of entry notice for the entry, the period for subsection (2) is the longer of the following periods after the giving of the waiver of entry notice--

(a) either--
(i) for a geothermal permit--6 months; or
(ii) for a geothermal lease--1 year;
(b) if, within the period under paragraph (a), each owner or occupier of the land consented to a longer period--the longer period.

(5) If an entry notice for the entry was given to some of the owners or occupiers and the rest of the owners or occupiers gave a waiver of entry notice for the entry, the period for subsection (2) is the longer of the periods under subsections (3) and (4).



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