(1) Nothing in this Act affects the operation of a licence, permit or other authority issued under the Water Act 1989 that was in force immediately before the commencement of section 17.
(2) Any geothermal energy extraction operation that was being carried out immediately before the commencement of section 42 is deemed to be authorised by an extraction licence issued under and subject to this Act.
(3) The Minister may, within 24 months after the commencement of section 42—
(a) impose any conditions or limitations on a licence referred to in subsection (2); and
(b) issue an extraction licence under this Act as documentary evidence of a licence referred to in subsection (2).
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 1 December 2004
Legislative Council: 24 March 2005
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to facilitate and regulate geothermal energy exploration and extraction in Victoria, to amend the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 and for other purposes."
The Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 was assented to on 27 April 2005 and came into operation as follows:
Part 1 (sections 1–16) on 27 April 2005: section 2(1); rest of Act on 4 April 2006: Special Gazette (No. 104) 4 April 2006 page 1.
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
| Assent Date: | 9.5.06 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 198(Sch. 2 item 4) on 28.5.07: Government Gazette 24.5.07 p. 921 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Mineral Resources Development (Sustainable Development) Act 2006, No. 63/2006
| Assent Date: | 29.8.06 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 61(Sch. item 17) on 30.8.06: s. 2(1) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Motor Car Traders Amendment Act 2008, No. 4/2008
| Assent Date: | 4.3.08 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 32(Sch. item 13) on 1.12.08: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Energy and Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2008, No. 25/2008
| Assent Date: | 3.6.08 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 9–11 on 4.6.08: s. 2(1) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010, No. 10/2010
| Assent Date: | 23.3.10 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 800(Sch. 6 item 5) on 1.1.12: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Energy and Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2010, No. 55/2010
| Assent Date: | 14.9.10 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 67–74 on 14.10.10: Government Gazette 14.10.10 p. 2404 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010, No. 62/2010
| Assent Date: | 21.9.10 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 138 on 23.9.10: Special Gazette (No. 382) 22.9.10 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Personal Property Securities (Statute Law Revision and Implementation) Act 2010, No. 74/2010
| Assent Date: | 19.10.10 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 27 on 30.1.12: Special Gazette (No. 423) 21.12.11 p. 3 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
| Assent Date: | 18.10.11 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 10 on 20.3.12: Special Gazette (No. 91) 20.3.12 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Water Amendment (Governance and Other Reforms) Act 2012, No. 17/2012
| Assent Date: | 3.4.12 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 87 on 1.7.12: Special Gazette (No. 172) 29.5.12 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
| Assent Date: | 30.10.12 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3–12 on 1.12.12: Special Gazette (No. 399) 27.11.12 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2013, No. 70/2013
| Assent Date: | 19.11.13 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 4(Sch. 2 item 21) on 1.12.13: s. 2(1) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Resources Legislation Amendment (BTEX Prohibition and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 68/2014
| Assent Date: | 23.9.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 4 on 1.9.15: s. 2(3) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
| Assent Date: | 28.8.18 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 38 on 1.7.21: Special Gazette (No. 124) 16.3.21 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2025, No. 41/2025
| Assent Date: | 21.10.25 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 4(Sch. 2 item 15) on 22.10.25: s. 2 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 |