Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) The proposed development plan must provide for the following--
(a) an overview of the activities proposed to be carried out under the proposed geothermal lease during all of its term (the proposed activities);
(b) a description of the proposed activities for each year of the plan period;
(c) reasons why the plan is considered appropriate;
(d) the following--
(i) after geothermal energy has been produced, the purpose for which it will be used and by whom;
(ii) the characteristics of geothermal resources in the geothermal lease's area;
(iii) the extent to which further drilling and artificial fracturing is proposed;
(iv) the scale and scope of geothermal production, including information about the following--
(v) the part of the area required for full and staged production proposals;
(vi) how many more geothermal wells need to be drilled;
(vii) when the area is expected to be free of drilling rigs;
(viii) the proposed level of investment, and whether the proposed holder has finance or how the proposed holder proposes to obtain finance;
(ix) the skills, experience and qualifications of staff who comply with the proposed holder's requirements for carrying out the proposed activities;
(x) a risk management plan for the proposed activities that deals with safety and seismicity issues;
(xi) a plan for decommissioning exploration wells and any plant or facilities used for the proposed activities, including the expected costs of the decommissioning;
(e) any other matter prescribed under a regulation.
(2) The proposed plan may include any other information relevant to the development plan criteria.
(3) A regulation may impose requirements about the form of the development plan.
(4) The proposed plan can not be inconsistent with the mandatory conditions for geothermal leases.
(5) In this section--
plan period start day means the day the plan period starts.
year, of the plan period, means--
(a) the period starting on the plan period start day and ending on the first anniversary of that day; and
(b) each subsequent period of 12 months or less during the plan period, starting on an anniversary of the plan period start day and ending on--
(i) the next anniversary of that day; or
(ii) if the plan period ends before the next anniversary--the day the plan period ends.