sec.91Criteria

### sec.91 Criteria In deciding whether to approve a proposed development plan the Minister must consider the following— the potential of the area of the proposed geothermal lease for geothermal production and related activities; the nature and extent of the proposed activities and when and where they will be carried out; whether geothermal production under the geothermal lease will be optimised in the best interests of the State; the nature and extent of water disposal and treatment activities; 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 development plan criteria . (sec.91-ssec.1) In deciding whether to approve a proposed development plan the Minister must consider the following— the potential of the area of the proposed geothermal lease for geothermal production and related activities; the nature and extent of the proposed activities and when and where they will be carried out; whether geothermal production under the geothermal lease will be optimised in the best interests of the State; the nature and extent of water disposal and treatment activities; 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.91-ssec.2) The matters mentioned in subsection (1) are the development plan criteria . - (a) the potential of the area of the proposed geothermal lease for geothermal production and related activities; - (b) the nature and extent of the proposed activities and when and where they will be carried out; - (c) whether geothermal production under the geothermal lease will be optimised in the best interests of the State; - (d) the nature and extent of water disposal and treatment activities; - (e) any relevant environmental authority; - (f) any relevant Water Act authorisation; - (g) any potential structural and other impacts of the carrying out of the proposed activities on aquifers.