22Advertising a licence application

22 Advertising a licence application

(1) For the purposes of sections 15(5), 26AD(4)(a) and 26AK(3)(a) of the Act, an application for a licence must be advertised—

(a) by publishing—

(i) a notice containing the information set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1, in a newspaper circulating in each locality where all or part of the area that is the subject of the licence application is located; and

(ii) if the application is for an exploration licence, mining licence or retention licence—

(A) a notice containing the information set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1, other than the map described in item 6 of that Part, in a Wednesday edition of a newspaper circulating generally in Victoria; and

(B) the information set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1, on an Internet site maintained by the applicant for at least 21 days after the latest date on which the application was advertised; or

(b) by a method approved by the Department Head under subregulation (2).

(2) The Department Head may approve a method for advertising a licence application by setting out the method in guidelines published in the Government Gazette.

(3) An applicant must lodge with the Department Head within 7 days after the licence application is advertised, a copy of—

(a) each notice of the application published in a newspaper under subregulation (1)(a), extracted from the newspaper and showing the date of publication; or

(b) the material that was advertised under subregulation (1)(b).