57NApplication for special drilling authorisation

57N Application for special drilling authorisation

(1) A current authority holder may apply to the Minister for the grant of a special drilling authorisation in respect of an area adjacent to the area set out in the primary authorisation held by the holder.

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

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

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

(c) 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. 57O inserted by No. 64/2012 s. 4.