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Geothermal Energy Act 2010
sec.76Incidental activities
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### sec.76 Incidental activities
The geothermal lease holder may carry out any other activity (an incidental activity ) in the lease’s area if carrying out the activity is reasonably necessary for or is incidental to geothermal production.
constructing or operating facilities, plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, compressors, pipelines, pumping stations, reservoirs, roads, evaporation or storage ponds and tanks
constructing or using temporary structures or structures of a technical nature
However, constructing or using a structure, other than a temporary structure, for office or residential accommodation is not an incidental activity.
To remove any doubt, it is declared that the use of infrastructure supporting the use of, or using, geothermal energy is not, of itself, an incidental activity.
a power station
(sec.76-ssec.1) The geothermal lease holder may carry out any other activity (an incidental activity ) in the lease’s area if carrying out the activity is reasonably necessary for or is incidental to geothermal production. constructing or operating facilities, plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, compressors, pipelines, pumping stations, reservoirs, roads, evaporation or storage ponds and tanks constructing or using temporary structures or structures of a technical nature
(sec.76-ssec.2) However, constructing or using a structure, other than a temporary structure, for office or residential accommodation is not an incidental activity.
(sec.76-ssec.3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the use of infrastructure supporting the use of, or using, geothermal energy is not, of itself, an incidental activity. a power station
- • constructing or operating facilities, plant or works, including, for example, communication systems, compressors, pipelines, pumping stations, reservoirs, roads, evaporation or storage ponds and tanks
- • constructing or using temporary structures or structures of a technical nature