64GDeclared mine licensee consultations with prescribed persons or class of persons

64G Declared mine licensee consultations with prescribed persons or class of persons

(1) For the purposes of section 84AZU(4) of the Act, the following persons are prescribed—

(a) the Rehabilitation Authority;

(b) the Minister responsible for administering the Environment Effects Act 1978;

(c) in the case of declared mine land that is Crown land, the Crown land Minister;

(d) any responsible authority, within the meaning given by section 13 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, for the area in which the declared mine land is located;

(e) any public sector body that is responsible for the authorisation or oversight of a matter in the declared mine rehabilitation plan.

(2) For the purposes of section 84AZU(4) of the Act, the following classes of persons are prescribed—

(a) in the case of a declared mine on private land—

(i) the owner and occupier of the declared mine land affected by the declared mine rehabilitation plan; and

(ii) the owner and occupier of land directly adjacent to the declared mine land affected by the declared mine rehabilitation plan; and

(iii) a traditional owner group or traditional owner group entity, within the meaning of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010, in the area in which the declared mine land is located;

(b) in the case of a declared mine located in the Latrobe Valley region—

(i) the communities in the Gippsland Region set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 to the Regional Development Victoria Act 2002; and

(ii) a traditional owner group or traditional owner group entity, within the meaning of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010;

(c) in the case of a declared mine that is not located in the Latrobe Valley region—

(i) the communities in the Region set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 to the Regional Development Victoria Act 2002 that is the Region in which the declared mine is located in whole or part; and

(ii) the communities in a municipal district, within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2020, that are within one kilometre of the declared mine; and

(iii) a traditional owner group or traditional owner group entity, within the meaning of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010.

Reg. 64H inserted by S.R. No. 97/2022 reg. 12.