Victorian Numbered Regulations

MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) (MINERAL INDUSTRIES) REGULATIONS 2019 (SR NO 48 OF 2019)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Objectives  
   2.      Authorising provision  
   3.      Commencement  
   4.      Definitions  

   PART 2--ROYALTIES AND PRODUCTION RETURNS

   5.      Period for which royalties are payable  
   6.      Calculation of royalties  
   7.      Minister may determine net market value in certain circumstances  
   8.      Production and royalty return  
   9.      Time of payment  
   10.     Records relating to royalties  
   11.     Timing and manner of measurement for calculation of a gigajoule unit of lignite produced  

   PART 3--LICENCES

           Division 1--Licence applications

   12.     Meaning of competent person  
   13.     Information requirements—all licence applications  
   14.     Additional information requirements—exploration licence applications  
   15.     Additional information requirements—mining licence applications  
   16.     Additional information requirements—prospecting licence applications  
   17.     Additional information requirements—retention licence applications  
   18.     Form of licence applications  
   19.     Fees for licence applications  
   20.     Additional fee for mineralisation report  
   21.     Additional fee for native title assessment  
   22.     Advertising a licence application  
   23.     Notice of mining licence or prospecting licence application to be given to owner and occupier of land affected  
   24.     Surveys  

           Division 2--Tenders

   25.     Information requirements for tenders  
   26.     Advertising and notice of accepted tenders  
   27.     Fee for grant of a licence (accepted tender)  

           Division 3--Grant of licence

   28.     Form of licence  
   29.     Rent on a licence  

           Division 4--Licence renewal

   30.     Information requirements for renewal of exploration licences  
   31.     Information requirements for renewal of mining licences  
   32.     Information requirements for renewal of retention licences  
   33.     Form of application for renewal of a licence  
   34.     Fee for application for renewal of a licence  
   35.     Notice of application for the renewal of a mining licence  

           Division 5--Changes to licences

   36.     Fee for transfer of licence  
   37.     Fee for variation of licence  
   38.     Prescribed circumstances for variation of licence  
   39.     Fee for amalgamation of licence  

           Division 6--Work plans

   40.     Information required in work plans  
   41.     Information required in work plans—exploration work and related rehabilitation  
   42.     Information required in work plans—mining work  
   43.     Information required in work plans—rehabilitation plans  
   44.     Information required in work plans—identification of hazards and risks  
   45.     Information required in work plans—risk management plan  
   46.     Information required in work plans—community consultation  
   47.     Fees for work plans  
   48.     Information required in application for variation of work plan  
   49.     Fees for work plan variations  
   50.     Fee for submitting an impact statement  

           Division 7--Reporting

   51.     Reportable events  
   52.     Recording of activities undertaken under a licence  
   53.     Annual reporting requirements  
   54.     Information requirements for the annual return of expenditure and activities  
   55.     Additional information requirements for the annual return of expenditure and activities—exploration licences and retention licences  
   56.     Additional information requirements for the annual return of expenditure and activities—mining licences and prospecting licences  
   57.     Requirements for annual technical report on exploration activity  

   PART 4--OTHER AUTHORITIES

   58.     Miner's rights  
   59.     Tourist fossicking authorities  

   PART 5--REQUIREMENTS FOR DECLARED MINES

   60.     Mine stability levy  
   61.     Amount of mine stability levy  
   62.     How the mine stability levy is to be paid  
   63.     Mine stability requirements and processes for declared mines  
   64.     Reporting requirements for declared mines  

   PART 6--MINING REGISTER

   65.     Information in documents  
   66.     Fees for information and copies  
   67.     Certificate of information  

   PART 7--INFRINGEMENTS

   68.     Infringements  

   PART 8--DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

   69.     Duty of disclosure  

   PART 9--GENERAL

   70.     Consent for work near dwelling  

   PART 10--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   71.     Saving of production and royalty return—financial year 2018–19  
   72.     Saving of annual return of expenditure and activities for the year ending 30 June 2019  
   73.     Saving of annual technical report for the year ending 30 June 2019  
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