Victorian Numbered Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 23 OF 2023)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  

   PART 2--NAME, PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT

   4.      Change of name of Principal Act  
   5.      Purpose  
   6.      Objectives  

   PART 3--MINOR VARIATIONS OF APPROVED WORK PLANS

   7.      Application for variation of work plan  
   8.      New section 41AAA inserted  
   9.      Department Head may direct licensee to lodge application for variation of work plan  
   10.     Application for variation of work plan  
   11.     New section 77HAA inserted  
   12.     Department Head may direct holder to lodge application for variation of work plan  

   PART 4--DUTY TO ELIMINATE OR MINIMISE RISK OF HARM

   13.     Definitions  
   14.     New Part 1A inserted  
   15.     New Division 10 of Part 2 inserted  
   16.     Commencement of work under mining licence or prospecting licence  
   17.     Commencement of work under exploration licence or retention licence  
   18.     New sections 43AB to 43AF inserted  
   19.     Extractive industry work authorities  
   20.     New sections 77IA and 77IB inserted  
   21.     New sections 77KAA to 77KAAE inserted  
   22.     Variation of an extractive industry work authority  
   23.     Regulations  

   PART 5--REHABILITATION PLANS

   24.     Section 40 substituted  
   25.     Work plan—approval  
   26.     Application for variation of work plan  
   27.     Section 41AAA repealed  
   28.     Department Head may direct licensee to lodge application for variation of work plan  
   29.     Approval of variation of work plan  
   30.     New sections 41AAC and 41AAD inserted  
   31.     Variation application must be made if mine is declared  
   32.     Planning permits not required for some work variations  
   33.     Heading to Division 2 of Part 6A amended  
   34.     Section 77G substituted  
   35.     Application for variation of work plan  
   36.     Section 77HAA repealed  
   37.     Department Head may direct holder to lodge application for variation of work plan  
   38.     Approval of variation of work plan  
   39.     New sections 77HBA and 77HBB inserted  
   40.     Variation application must be made if quarry is declared  

   PART 6--DUTY TO REHABILITATE LAND

   41.     Licensee must rehabilitate land  
   42.     Holder of extractive industry work authority must rehabilitate land  

   PART 7--AMENDMENTS TO MELBOURNE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT (ENVIRONMENT MITIGATION LEVY) ACT 2020

   43.     Definitions  
   44.     Meaning of excluded event  
   45.     Meaning of excluded subdivision of land  
   46.     Application of Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 to levy area declarations  
   47.     Imposition of environment mitigation levy  
   48.     Amount of environment mitigation levy  
   49.     Who must pay the environment mitigation levy and by when  
   50.     Liability for levy taken not to have arisen in certain cases  
   51.     Application  
   52.     Assessment of levy liability  
   53.     Excluded event certificate  
   54.     New Part 9 inserted  

   PART 8--CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

           Division 1--Minor and consequential amendments to Principal Act

   55.     Definitions  
   56.     Section 7B repealed  
   57.     Offence to search for minerals or do work without authority  
   58.     Offence to carry on extractive industry without authority  
   59.     Application for a licence  
   60.     Grant or refusal of licence  
   61.     Transfer of consents and approvals to undertake work  
   62.     Grant of licence  
   63.     Statement of economic significance if agricultural land covered by licence  
   64.     Renewals of licences  
   65.     Transfer of licence  
   66.     Variation of licence  
   67.     Cancellation of licence  
   68.     Work must be approved  
   69.     Minister may require impact statement  
   70.     Section 41AD repealed  
   71.     Commencement of work under exploration licence or retention licence  
   72.     Effect of contraventions  
   73.     Prohibition of work near dwellings and certain places and sites  
   74.     Certain exploration and mining work complies with section 45  
   75.     New consent or authorisation for certain work plan variations  
   76.     Miner's right  
   77.     Tourist fossicking authority  
   78.     Functions of Department Head regarding mining register  
   79.     Disclosure of registered information  
   80.     Planning permits not required for some work variations  
   81.     Extractive industry work authorities  
   82.     Conditions of extractive industry work authorities  
   83.     Transfer of an extractive industry work authority  
   84.     Cancellation of an extractive industry work authority  
   85.     Part 6B repealed  
   86.     Review by Tribunal  
   87.     Application for review  
   88.     What compensation is payable for  
   89.     What compensation is payable for—Crown land  
   90.     Compensation agreement  
   91.     Enforceable undertakings  
   92.     Notice requiring authority holder to take action or stop work  
   93.     Surveys, searches and drilling operations  
   94.     Licensee must supply information  
   95.     Holder of extractive industry work authority or consent to supply information  
   96.     State liability  
   97.     Regulations  
   98.      Schedule 4A repealed  

           Division 2--Consequential amendments to Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006

   99.     Amendment of Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006  
   100.    Aboriginal Land (Northcote Land) Act 1989  
   101.    Aboriginal Lands (Aborigines' Advancement League) (Watt Street, Northcote) Act 1982  
   102.    Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994  
   103.    Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987  
   104.    Criminal Procedure Act 2009  
   105.    Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978  
   106.    Dangerous Goods Act 1985  
   107.    EastLink Project Act 2004  
   108.    Electricity Industry Act 2000  
   109.    Environment Protection Act 2017  
   110.    Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994  
   111.    Fences Act 1968  
   112.    Forests Act 1958  
   113.    Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005  
   114.    Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008  
   115.    Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986  
   116.    Land Act 1958  
   117.    Land Tax Act 2005  
   118.    Marine and Coastal Act 2018  
   119.    Melbourne City Link Act 1995  
   120.    National Parks Act 1975  
   121.    Nuclear Activities (Prohibitions) Act 1983  
   122.    Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004  
   123.    Petroleum Act 1998  
   124.    Safety on Public Land Act 2004  
   125.    Summary Offences Act 1966  
   126.    Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004  
   127.    Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010  
   128.    Transfer of Land Act 1958  
   129.    Underseas Mineral Resources Act 1963  
   130.    Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998  
   131.    Victorian Plantations Corporation Act 1993  
   132.    Wildlife Act 1975  

   PART 9--TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS

   133.    New sections 143 and 144 inserted  
   134.    New Schedule 10 inserted  

   PART 10--REPEAL OF THIS ACT

   135.    Repeal of this Act  
           ENDNOTES