Div 10Assessment reports

Division 10—Assessment reports 56ZA—Assessment reports (1) The Minister must prepare a report (an assessment report) that sets out or includes the Minister's assessment in respect of the following: (a) an application for a mineral tenement under this Act; (b) without limiting paragraph (a), the ranking of applications for exploration licences in relation to an exploration release area; (c) an application for retention status under section 33B; (d) an application to amalgamate the areas of 2 or more mineral tenements under Division 6; (e) an application for a change in operations under Division 7; (f) a decision to cancel, suspend or surrender a mineral tenement under Division 8; (g) a decision to exempt a tenement holder from an obligation to comply with a term or condition of a mineral tenement, or from a requirement of this Act; (h) any other matter prescribed by the regulations. (2) The Minister must, in preparing a report under this section— (a) set out or include information about any submission that was made to the Minister in connection with a matter referred to in subsection (1); and (b) set out or include information or material provided by an applicant or tenement holder in connection with a matter referred to in subsection (1) (including any response provided to the Minister in relation to any submission made to the Minister); and (c) include any other information or material that the Minister thinks fit. (3) The Minister may publish an assessment report in such manner, and to such extent, as the Minister thinks fit. (4) No liability attaches to the Minister in connection with— (a) a decision by the Minister to include any particular matter, information or material in an assessment report; or (b) a decision by the Minister to publish an assessment report.