Victorian Numbered Acts

RESOURCES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FRACKING BAN) ACT 2017 (NO. 8 OF 2017) - NOTES

No. 8 of 2017

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Victoria

Resources Legislation Amendment (Fracking Ban) Act 2017^[†]

No. 8 of 2017

[Assented to 15 March 2017]

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^[†]     Minister's second reading speech—

    Legislative Assembly: 23 November 2016

    Legislative Council: 9 February 2017

    The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 and the Petroleum Act 1998 to prevent the exploration and mining of coal seam gas, to ban hydraulic fracturing and to impose a moratorium on petroleum exploration and production in onshore areas of Victoria, to enable the Minister to pay for the surrender of licences, leases and permits, to make consequential amendments to the Resources Legislation Amendment (BTEX Prohibition and Other Matters) Act 2014 and for other purposes."