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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 No. 31 - 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.



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