Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) If a titleholder gives a variation to the Minister, the Minister must within 30 days—
(a) if the varied well operations management plan would meet the requirements of regulation 229(1)—accept the variation; or
(b) reject the variation; or
(c) notify the titleholder, in writing, that the Minister is unable to make a decision without further assessment of the variation.
(2) If the Minister notifies the titleholder that the Minister is unable to make a decision without further assessment of the variation, the notice must include—
(a) a description of any further information the Minister requires to be included in the variation; and
(b) the date after which the Minister will commence further assessment of the variation.
(3) The date specified under subregulation (2)(b) must give the titleholder a reasonable opportunity to modify or resubmit the variation.
(4) If the Minister undertakes further assessment of a variation, the Minister must accept or reject the variation as soon as practicable.
(5) The Minister may approve a variation subject to conditions.
(6) The Minister must notify the titleholder in writing of the following matters as soon as practicable after making a decision—
(a) the terms of the decision;
(b) if the Minister rejects the variation—the reasons for the decision;
(c) if the Minister accepts the variation—the date on which the variation commences;
(d) if the Minister accepts the variation subject to a condition—the condition and the reason for making the acceptance subject to the condition.
(7) If the Minister accepts a variation of a well operations management plan, the plan as varied replaces the existing well operations management plan as the plan in force for the title area on the date notified under subregulation (6)(c).