STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE COMMUNITIES ACT 2017

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STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE COMMUNITIES ACT 2017 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Dictionary

"agent" , of an owner or a related body corporate of an owner, means a person who has actual, implied or ostensible authority to act on behalf of the owner or related body corporate.

"EIS" means an environmental impact statement under—

(a) the Environmental Protection Act 1994 ; or

(b) the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971.

"fly-in fly-out worker" , for a large resource project, means a worker who travels to the project by aeroplane, or another means, from a place that is not a nearby regional community for the project to work on the operational phase of the project.

"large resource project" means a resource project—

(a) for which an EIS is required; or

(b) that holds a site-specific environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 and—
(i) has, or is projected to have, a workforce of 100 or more workers; or

(ii) has a smaller workforce decided by the Coordinator-General and notified in writing by the Coordinator-General to the owner of the project.

"mineral" see the Mineral Resources Act 1989 , section 6 .

"mining lease" means a lease granted under the Mineral Resources Act 1989.

"nearby regional community" , for a large resource project, means a town, the name of which is published on the department’s website under section 13 —

(a) any part of which is within—
(i) a 125km radius of the main access to the project; or

(ii) a greater or lesser radius decided by the Coordinator-General and notified in writing by the Coordinator-General to the owner of the project; and

(b) that has a population of more than—
(i) 200 people; or

(ii) a smaller population decided by the Coordinator-General and notified in writing by the Coordinator-General to the owner of the project.

"operational phase" , of a large resource project, means the period from the start to the end of production of coal, a mineral or petroleum for the project.

"owner" , of a large resource project, means the person who holds the mining lease or petroleum lease for the project.

"petroleum" see the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 , section 10 .

"petroleum lease" means a lease granted under the Petroleum Act 1923 or the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004.

"principal contractor" , of a large resource project, means the person that operates all or a significant part of the large resource project for the owner of the project.

"related body corporate" see the Corporations Act, section 50 .

"resident" , of a nearby regional community, means a person whose principal place of residence is in the nearby regional community.

"resource project" has the meaning given in the Environmental Protection Act 1994 , section 112 .

"social impact" , of a large resource project, means the potential positive and negative impacts of the project on the social environment of communities affected by the project.

"social impact assessment" , for a large resource project, means an assessment of the social impact of the project.

"town" , in relation to a large resource project, means an area listed as a locality or urban centre by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and published on its website.

"worker" , for a large resource project, means a person employed, or to be employed, to perform work—

(a) during the operational phase of the project; or

(b) for a large resource project nominated by the Coordinator-General under section 12 and the name of which is published on the department’s website under section 13 —during the construction phase of the project.

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