57BApplication for authorisation

57B Application for authorisation

(1) A person may apply to the Minister for the grant of a special access authorisation in respect of any area.

(2) In addition to complying with section 58, an applicant for a special access authorisation—

(a) must describe and precisely identify the area in respect of which the authorisation is sought; and

(b) must describe in detail the geothermal energy exploration that the person seeks to carry out in that area; and

(c) must submit details of—

(i) its relevant technical qualifications and of the relevant technical qualifications of its employees; and

(ii) the relevant technical advice available to it; and

(iii) the financial resources available to it.

S. 57C inserted by No. 64/2012 s. 4.