communities in the locality of the licence application area, for the period during which a person may submit an objection to the licence being granted. (4) An applicant for a mining licence must lodge a copy of any advertisement under subregulation (1)(a) with the Department Head within 28 days after publication of the advertisement. (5) If the applicant for a mining licence makes the information set out in Part 2 of Schedule 9 publicly available by another method approved by the Department Head, the applicant must— (a) serve a copy of the information to the owner and occupier of the land affected within 14 days after being notified that the application has been given the highest ranking; and (b) lodge a copy of the information with the Department Head within 28 days after the information is made publicly available. 22 Advertising of prospecting licence application r. 22 (1) An applicant under section 15(1) of the Act for a prospecting licence must, within 14 days after being notified that the application has been given the highest ranking— (a) insert in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality of the licence application area, a notice of the application containing the information set out in Part 1 of Schedule 9; and (b) serve a copy of the notice on the owner and occupier of the land affected. (2) An applicant for a prospecting licence must lodge a copy of any advertisement under subregulation
5. Applications made by a company must be signed by a company director or company secretary or alternatively by a person who provides written evidence that he or she is authorised to act on behalf of the company with respect to the application. Sch. 2 6. If an application is made and submitted by a person acting on behalf of another party, the applicant must provide written evidence that he or she is authorised to act on behalf of that other party with respect to the application. 7. The Department will advise the applicant on addressing any native title requirements. __________________ SCHEDULE 3 Sch. 3 Regulations 13 and 39 1. Name and address of applicant/s (if the applicant is a company, the registered address of the company). 2. A contact name, telephone number, email address and postal address. 3. If the applicant is a company— (a) a list of the directors of the company; and (b) a copy of the certificate of registration of the company. 4. Area of land applied for (in hectares). 5. An attached map of 1:25 000 scale or larger indicating the land applied for. The map must clearly show— (a) any boundaries of private and Crown land; (b) the extent of land used as agricultural land. 6. The names and addresses of the owner/occupier of any private land covered by the application. 7. If the application includes Crown land, indicate which of the following options will be utilised to comply with the
(b) a letter of consent to the application from the holder of, or the applicant for, the exploration licence is attached to the application. Sch. 5 8. If the application includes land that is covered by a prospecting licence or that is the subject of an application for a prospecting licence, indicate which of the following is the case— (a) the applicant is the holder of, or the applicant for, the prospecting licence; or (b) a letter of consent to the application from the holder of, or the applicant for, the prospecting licence is attached to the application. 9. Term required (in years). 10. The estimated annual expenditure for the first 2 years of the licence and the estimated total expenditure for the term of the licence. 11. Information to demonstrate that the proposed expenditure is commensurate with the proposed program of work (refer item 17). 12. Evidence of financial capability to fund the estimated expenditure to undertake the proposed program of work (refer item 17). 13. The names and qualifications of technical advisers who will be assisting in the proposed activities under the retention licence (if the advisers are not employees of the applicant, include evidence that the advisers have agreed to assist in the proposed activities under the retention licence). 14. In relation to a mineralisation report required under section 15(1BE) of the Act, include the following details about the competent person who prepared the report— (a) contact details;
(xvi) other (specify); (c) geochemical surveying (state number of samples)— (i) drill (cuttings, core etc.); (ii) stream sediment; (iii) soil; (iv) rock chip; (v) laterite; (vi) water; (vii) biogeochemistry; (viii) isotope; (ix) whole rock; Sch. 18 (x) mineral analysis; (xi) drill sample; (xii) laboratory analysis (specify element and type); (xiii) other (specify); (d) petrology. 8. Expenditure on drilling, number of holes and total metres drilled, for— (a) diamond drilling; (b) reverse circulation; (c) rotary air blast; (d) air core; (e) other (specify). 9. Expenditure on development studies including— (a) costeaning / ditchwitching; (b) bulk sampling; (c) mill process testing;
SE work plan EES work plan 1 Mining licence that covers an area of 5 hectares or less or prospecting licence 1156 fee units N/A 2 Mine (including underground mine) with no blasting involved and has no sensitive locations within 200 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the work plan 2888 fee units 11554 fee units 3 Mine (including underground mine) with no blasting involved and has one or more sensitive locations within 200 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the work plan 3467 fee units 11554 fee units 4 Mine (including underground mine) with blasting involved and has no sensitive locations within 500 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the work plan 2888 fee units 11554 fee units 5 Mine (including underground mine) with blasting involved and has one or more sensitive locations within 500 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the work plan 6932 fee units 23108 fee units (3) The fee for lodging a work plan (being a work plan that relates to mining) on or after 1 January 2017 for a category of mining licence, prospecting licence or mine specified in column 2 of the following Table is the fee specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Table. Sch. 27 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Category Fee
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Category Fee SE work plan EES work plan Other work plan 1 Mining licence that covers an area of 5 hectares or less or prospecting licence 948 fee units N/A 316 fee units 2 Mine (including underground mine) with no blasting involved and has no sensitive locations within 200 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application 2528 fee units 9480 fee units 790 fee units 3 Mine (including underground mine) with no blasting involved and has one or more sensitive locations within 200 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application 3160 fee units 9480 fee units 948 fee units 4 Mine (including underground mine) with blasting involved and has no sensitive locations within 500 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application 2528 fee units 9480 fee units 790 fee units
5 Mine (including underground mine) with blasting involved and has one or more sensitive locations within 500 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application 6320 fee units 18960 fee units 1896 fee units (2) The fee for varying a work plan (being a work plan that relates to mining) on or after 1 January 2016 and before 1 January 2017 for a category of mining licence, prospecting licence or mine specified in column 2 of the following Table is the fee specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Table. Sch. 27 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Category Fee SE work plan EES work plan Other work plan 1 Mining licence that covers an area of 5 hectares or less or prospecting licence 1072 fee units N/A 357 fee units 2 Mine (including underground mine) with no blasting involved and has no sensitive locations within 200 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application 2857 fee units 10714 fee units 893 fee units
5 Mine (including underground mine) with blasting involved and has one or more sensitive locations within 500 metres of the perimeter of the area covered by the application 7966 fee units 23899 fee units 2390 fee units Sch. 27 __________________ SCHEDULE 28 Sch. 28 1—FEES Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Item No. Reg. No. Nature of fee Amount before 1 January 2015 Amount on or after 1 January 2015 and before 1 January 2016 Amount on or after 1 January 2016 and before 1 January 2017 Amount on or after 1 January 2017 1 12 Application fee for an exploration licence 90 fee units per 500 square kilometres 1215 fee units 1374 fee units 1532 fee units 2 13 Application fee for a mining licence 135 fee units for every 260 hectares 2138 fee units 2417 fee units 2695 fee units 3 14 Application fee for a prospecting licence 40 fee units 417 fee units 472 fee units 526 fee units
4 15 Application fee for a retention licence 135 fee units per 260 hectares 1215 fee units 1374 fee units 1532 fee units 5 16 Additional fee for a mineralisation report N/A 524 fee units 592 fee units 660 fee units 6 17 Additional fee for a native title assessment N/A 609 fee units 689 fee units 768 fee units 7 18 Application fee for a miner's right 25 fee units (2 years) 7 fee units (10 years) 14 fee units 16 fee units 18 fee units 8 19 Application fee for a tourist fossicking authority 30 fee units (2 years) 405 fee units (10 years) 53 fee units 60 fee units 67 fee units Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Item No. Reg. No. Nature of fee Amount before 1 January 2015 Amount on or after 1 January 2015 and before 1 January 2016 Amount on or after 1 January 2016 and before 1 January 2017 Amount on or after 1 January 2017 9 29 Application fee for renewal of an exploration licence 90 fee units per 500 square kilometres 637 fee units 720 fee units 803 fee units 10 29 Application fee for renewal of a mining licence 85 fee units for every 260 hectares 640 fee units 724 fee units 807 fee units 11 29 Application fee for renewal of a retention licence 85 fee units for every 260 hectares 637 fee units 720 fee units 803 fee units 12 38 Application fee for variation of a licence 10 fee units 227 fee units 256 fee units 286 fee units
1 37 Rate for assessing rent payable for an exploration licence N/A 29 fee units per 10 graticules 61 fee units per 10 graticules 68 fee units per 10 graticules 72 fee units per 10 graticules 2 37 Rate for assessing rent payable for a mining licence 15 fee units per hectare 58 fee units per 10 hectares 124 fee units per 10 hectares 139 fee units per 10 hectares 147 fee units per 10 hectares 3 37 Rate for assessing rent payable for a prospecting licence 15 fee units per hectare 29 fee units 62 fee units 69 fee units 7·3 fee units 4 37 Rate for assessing rent payable for a retention licence N/A 1 fee unit per 10 hectares 2 fee units per 10 hectares 23 fee units per 10 hectares 24 fee units per 10 hectares __________________ SCHEDULE 29 Sch. 29 Regulation 46 The following mines are prescribed for the purpose of section 38AAA of the Act— (a) the land constituting the mine known as Yallourn mine and authorised under mining licence MIN 5003; and (b) the land constituting the mine known as Hazelwood mine and authorised under mining licence MIN 5004; and (c) the land constituting the mine known as Loy Yang mine and authorised under mining licence MIN 5189. __________________ SCHEDULE 30 Sch. 30 Regulation 49
(xva) Instrument (including mortgages) for the termination or cancellation of interests in, or conferred by, licence Licence type/number, Name/s of licensee/s, Area (ha/km2), Name/s of other parties involved, Address/es of parties involved, General nature and purpose of instrument, Stratum of land (if relevant) (xvi) Determination of the Tribunal or the Supreme Court as to the amount of compensation payable Licence type/number, Name/s of licensee/s, Address/es of parties involved, Title description of land covered by agreement, Names of parties to agreement Sch. 30 __________________ SCHEDULE 31 Sch. 31 Regulation 53 Item Infringement offence Summary of infringement Infringement penalty 1 An offence under section 8 of the Act as a person, other than the Crown, prospect, fossick or otherwise search for minerals, or carry out any exploration or mining, on any land other than in accordance with section 8(1)(a) or (b) of the Act 5 penalty units for an individual or 25 penalty units for a corporation 2 An offence under section 38AA(1) of the Act as the holder of a mining licence or prospecting licence or retention licence, fail to survey and mark out boundaries of the land covered by the licence in accordance with the regulations 10 penalty units
5 An offence under section 39(1) of the Act constituted by doing work under a licence that is not in accordance with the licence or the approved work plan because it is done outside of the hours authorised by the licence or work plan do work outside the hours authorised by the licence or approved work plan 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation 6 An offence under section 39(1) of the Act constituted by doing work under a licence that is not in accordance with the licence or the approved work plan because it is done in buffer zones not authorised by the licence or work plan do work in buffer zones other than authorised by the licence or approved work plan 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation Sch. 31 Item Infringement offence Summary of infringement Infringement penalty
work plan because it discharges water other than authorised by the licence or work plan 10 An offence under section 39(1) of the Act constituted by doing work under a licence that is not in accordance with the licence or the approved work plan because it exceeds noise limits specified in the licence or work plan do work which exceeds noise limits specified in the licence or approved work plan 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation 11 An offence under section 39(1) of the Act constituted by doing work under a licence that is not in accordance with the licence or the approved work plan because it is drilling work not authorised by the licence or approved work plan do drilling work other than authorised by the licence or approved work plan 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation Sch. 31 Item Infringement offence Summary of infringement Infringement penalty
the approved work plan because it constructs a fence not in accordance with the licence or work plan 15 An offence under section 39(1) of the Act constituted by doing work under a licence that is not in accordance with the licence or the approved work plan because it rehabilitates a drill-hole, including but not limited to failing to plug a drill-hole, that is not authorised in the licence or work plan do work to rehabilitate a other than in accordance with the licence or approved work plan, including but not limited to failing to plug a drill-hole as required 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation 16 An offence under section 39(1) of the Act constituted by doing work under a licence that is not in accordance with the licence or the approved work plan because it do work which involves storing, handling, transporting, using, disposing or discharging of a chemical other than authorised by the licence or approved work plan 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation Sch. 31 Item Infringement offence Summary of infringement Infringement penalty
involves the storing, handling, transporting, using, disposing or discharging of a chemical other than authorised by the licence or work plan 17 An offence under section 39(3) of the Act as a holder of a mining licence or prospecting licence, do work under a licence without a work authority (except as permitted by section 39(4) of the Act) 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation 18 An offence under section 39(5) of the Act do work under a licence without the required public liability insurance in the required amount 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation 19 An offence under section 43(1) of the Act as the holder of an exploration licence or retention licence, carry out any work (other than low impact exploration) on the land covered by the licence other than in accordance with section 43(1) of the Act 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation 20 An offence under section 58(1)(a) of the Act as a holder of a miner's right, use any equipment for the purposes of excavation on the land, other than hand tools 10 penalty units 21 An offence under section 58(1)(b) of the Act as a holder of a miner's right, use explosives on the land 10 penalty units Sch. 31 Item Infringement offence Summary of infringement Infringement penalty
22 An offence under section 58(1)(c) of the Act as a holder of a miner's right, remove or damage any tree or shrub on the land 10 penalty units 23 An offence under section 58(1)(d) of the Act as a holder of a miner's right, disturb any Aboriginal place or Aboriginal object on the land 10 penalty units 24 An offence under section 58(2) of the Act as a holder of a miner's right, fail to repair any damage to the land arising out of the search 5 penalty units 25 An offence under section 62(1)(a) of the Act as a holder of a tourist fossicking authority, use any equipment for the purposes of excavation on the land, other than non-mechanical hand tools 10 penalty units 26 An offence under section 62(1)(b) of the Act as a holder of a tourist fossicking authority, use explosives on the land 10 penalty units 27 An offence under section 62(1)(c) of the Act as a holder of a tourist fossicking authority, remove or damage any tree or shrub on the land 10 penalty units 28 An offence under section 62(1)(d) of the Act as a holder of a tourist fossicking authority, disturb any Aboriginal place or Aboriginal object on the land 10 penalty units 29 An offence under section 62(2) of the Act as a holder of a tourist fossicking authority, fail to ensure that a person who searches for minerals under that authority does not do anything specified in section 62(1) of the Act 10 penalty units Sch. 31 Item Infringement offence Summary of infringement Infringement penalty
30 An offence under section 62(3) of the Act as a holder of a tourist fossicking authority, fail to repair any damage to the land arising out of the searching for minerals under that authority by any person 5 penalty units 31 An offence under section 80(6) of the Act fail to comply with a notice under section 80(5) of the Act 12 penalty units for an individual or 60 penalty units for a corporation 32 An offence under regulation 9(1) of these Regulations fail to send a production and royalty return to the Department Head by the due date 5 penalty units 33 An offence under regulation 24(3) of these Regulations fail to remove or alter any corner posts, survey markers or offset markers when required to do so 5 penalty units 34 An offence under regulation 26 of these Regulations remove or alter any corner posts, survey markers or offset markers required under these Regulations (except in accordance with these Regulations) 5 penalty units 35 An offence under regulation 35(1) of these Regulations as the holder of a licence, fail to keep a record of exploration or mining activities undertaken under the licence 5 penalty units 36 An offence under regulation 35(3) of these Regulations as the holder of a licence, fail to submit an annual return within 28 days after the due date or within the extended period of time for submission 5 penalty units Sch. 31 Item Infringement offence Summary of infringement Infringement penalty