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Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005
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49 Restrictions on area to which licence applies
(1) In granting an extraction licence, the Minister must ensure that the licence area is the minimum area necessary—
(a) to cover the maximum extent of the relevant geothermal energy resource; and
(b) to enable future geothermal energy extraction and storage in relation to the resource.
(2) In the case of licences granted under Division 2, nothing in subsection (1) authorises the Minister to include in the licence area any area that was not within the area to which the licence holder's exploration permit or retention lease applied at the time the holder applied for the licence.