95Determination of disputes—Crown land

95 Determination of disputes—Crown land

(1) The holder of an authority may apply to the Tribunal for a review of any requirement made by the Minister under section 91.

(2) A person who is authorised to undertake activities on Crown land under a lease, licence, permit or other authority granted under an Act may apply to the Tribunal for a review of any decision made by the Minister under section 91 that affects the person.

(3) An application for a review under this section must be made within 28 days after the later of—

(b) if, under the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998, the applicant requests a statement of reasons for the decision, the day on which the statement of reasons is given to the applicant or the applicant is informed under section 46(5) of that Act that a statement of reasons will not be given.

Part 9—Other obligations about conduct of operations

Division 1—Operation plans

96 Operation plan to be prepared

(1) Before carrying out any geothermal energy operation, the holder of the authority under which the operation is to be carried out must give the Minister an operation plan—

S. 96(1)(a) amended by No. 55/2010 s. 69.

(a) that identifies the risks that the operation may pose to the environment, to any member of the public, land or property in the vicinity of the operation and to any geothermal energy or geothermal energy resource that the operation might affect; and

(b) that specifies what the holder of the authority will do to eliminate or minimise those risks; and

(c) that specifies what the holder of the authority will do to rehabilitate the land that will be affected by the operation; and

(d) that sets out any other matters required by the regulations.

(2) The holder of the authority must not carry out the geothermal energy operation unless the Minister has given the holder written acceptance of the operation plan for the operation.

(3) The Minister must not accept an operation plan unless satisfied that the holder of the authority has, in preparing the plan, consulted any person who owns, occupies or manages the land on which the operation is to be carried out.