Victorian Numbered Regulations

MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2011 (SR NO 154 OF 2011) - REG 1

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Mineral Resources Development Regulations 2002 to—

        (a)     prescribe various procedures, details, fees, forms, information required in documents and other matters authorised by the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 in relation to retention and prospecting licences;

        (b)     define competent person for the purposes of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 ;

        (c)     prescribe, for the purposes of lignite royalty calculations, the timing and manner of measurement for calculation of a gigajoule unit of lignite;

        (d)     set out requirements relating to marking out and survey for retention and prospecting licences;

        (e)     prescribe requirements that must be provided in exploration and mining licence applications to ensure the applicant is a fit and proper person;

        (f)     prescribe an application fee for a 10 year tourist fossicking authority;

        (g)     remove, where necessary, references to mining licences covering an area of more than 5 hectares;

        (h)     provide transitional arrangements for certain mining licences covering an area of less than 5 hectares.