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23  Section 528
Insert:
Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development means the Committee established by section 505C.
unconventional gas development means any activity involving unconventional gas production that has, or is likely to have, a significant impact on water resources (including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity):
 (a) in its own right; or
 (b) when considered with other developments, whether past, present or reasonably foreseeable developments.
unconventional gas production means extraction, recovery, or intentional release, (whether by drilling, hydraulic fracturing or other means) of gas from:
 (a) coal seams or beds; or
 (b) layers of shale rock; or
 (c) tight gas reservoirs; or
 (d) any other sources prescribed by the regulations.

Part 2—Application and transitional provisions