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Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014
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### sec.174C Amendment of agreed plan
The Minister may, by written notice, require a resource authority holder to whom an agreed plan applies to amend the agreed plan.
The matters the Minister must consider in deciding whether to require an amendment include each of the following—
the potential of each of the resource authority holders to whom the plan applies—
for an agreed joint development plan—to develop coal and coal seam gas resources to optimise the development and use of the State’s coal and coal seam gas resources; or
for an agreed co-existence plan—to optimise the development and use of the State’s resources;
the extent to which each of the resource authority holders to whom the plan applies have complied with the plan;
whether, if the amendment was made, compliance with the plan would continue to be commercially and technically feasible for the resource authority holders to whom the plan applies;
the content of any development plan under the Mineral Resources Act or P&G Act for each of the resource authorities to which the agreed plan applies.
A notice given under subsection (1) must include an information notice about the Minister’s decision to require the amendment.
s 174C ins 2020 No. 14 s 73
(sec.174C-ssec.1) The Minister may, by written notice, require a resource authority holder to whom an agreed plan applies to amend the agreed plan.
(sec.174C-ssec.2) The matters the Minister must consider in deciding whether to require an amendment include each of the following— the potential of each of the resource authority holders to whom the plan applies— for an agreed joint development plan—to develop coal and coal seam gas resources to optimise the development and use of the State’s coal and coal seam gas resources; or for an agreed co-existence plan—to optimise the development and use of the State’s resources; the extent to which each of the resource authority holders to whom the plan applies have complied with the plan; whether, if the amendment was made, compliance with the plan would continue to be commercially and technically feasible for the resource authority holders to whom the plan applies; the content of any development plan under the Mineral Resources Act or P&G Act for each of the resource authorities to which the agreed plan applies.
(sec.174C-ssec.3) A notice given under subsection (1) must include an information notice about the Minister’s decision to require the amendment.
- (a) the potential of each of the resource authority holders to whom the plan applies— (i) for an agreed joint development plan—to develop coal and coal seam gas resources to optimise the development and use of the State’s coal and coal seam gas resources; or (ii) for an agreed co-existence plan—to optimise the development and use of the State’s resources;
- (i) for an agreed joint development plan—to develop coal and coal seam gas resources to optimise the development and use of the State’s coal and coal seam gas resources; or
- (ii) for an agreed co-existence plan—to optimise the development and use of the State’s resources;
- (b) the extent to which each of the resource authority holders to whom the plan applies have complied with the plan;
- (c) whether, if the amendment was made, compliance with the plan would continue to be commercially and technically feasible for the resource authority holders to whom the plan applies;
- (d) the content of any development plan under the Mineral Resources Act or P&G Act for each of the resource authorities to which the agreed plan applies.
- (i) for an agreed joint development plan—to develop coal and coal seam gas resources to optimise the development and use of the State’s coal and coal seam gas resources; or
- (ii) for an agreed co-existence plan—to optimise the development and use of the State’s resources;