sec.49Criteria

### sec.49 Criteria In deciding whether to approve a proposed initial work program, the Minister must consider the following— the potential of the proposed area of the geothermal permit for geothermal exploration; the extent and nature of the proposed geothermal exploration and when and where it will be carried out; any relevant environmental authority; any relevant Water Act authorisation; any potential structural and other impacts of the carrying out of the proposed activities on aquifers. The matters mentioned in subsection (1) are the work program criteria . (sec.49-ssec.1) In deciding whether to approve a proposed initial work program, the Minister must consider the following— the potential of the proposed area of the geothermal permit for geothermal exploration; the extent and nature of the proposed geothermal exploration and when and where it will be carried out; any relevant environmental authority; any relevant Water Act authorisation; any potential structural and other impacts of the carrying out of the proposed activities on aquifers. (sec.49-ssec.2) The matters mentioned in subsection (1) are the work program criteria . - (a) the potential of the proposed area of the geothermal permit for geothermal exploration; - (b) the extent and nature of the proposed geothermal exploration and when and where it will be carried out; - (c) any relevant environmental authority; - (d) any relevant Water Act authorisation; - (e) any potential structural and other impacts of the carrying out of the proposed activities on aquifers.