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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 No. 31 - SECT 242

242 Conditions public land authority may impose

(1) A public land authority may impose relevant and reasonable conditions on a geothermal tenure holder, including, for example, about giving the public land authority--

(a) notice of proposed entry--
(i) generally--at least 2 business days before the proposed entry; or
(ii) if the holder and the public land authority have agreed to a longer or shorter period for giving the notice--within the longer or shorter period; or
(b) notice at stated intervals of activities carried out by, or for, the holder on the land.

(2) However, the public land authority can not impose a condition that is any of the following for a condition of the geothermal tenure or the relevant environmental authority (the existing condition)--

(a) the same as the existing condition;
(b) substantially the same as the existing condition;
(c) inconsistent with the existing condition.

(3) Despite subsection (2), if the public land authority is the chief executive of the department in which the Nature Conservation Act 1992 is administered, that chief executive may impose a condition more stringent than the environmental authority's conditions.

(4) If the public land authority decides to impose a condition other than a condition agreed to or requested by the holder, it must give the holder an information notice about the decision.

(5) In carrying out the activity, the holder must comply with the conditions.

Maximum penalty for subsection (5)--100 penalty units.



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