Geothermal Energy Act [Cap 197]. Country/Territory Vanuatu Document type Legislation Date 1987 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of the Republic of Vanuatu, Consolidated Edition of 2006. Long titleAn Act to regulate and control the exploitation of geothermal energy and to provide for incidental matters. Subject Energy Keyword Energy conservation/energy production Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Act regulates the prospecting for geothermal energy sources and production of energy derived or derivable from within the ground or thereunder by natural heat, and related matters such as surface rights and limitation of disturbance caused by prospecting or production. All rights exercisable, in relation to geothermal energy, by Vanuatu with respect to the continental shelf or the exclusive economic zone are hereby vested in the Republic of Vanuatu. The Act shall apply in relation to the sea-bed and subsoil of the continental shelf and beneath the waters of the exclusive economic zone, as it applies in relation to land. The Minister may grant, on such conditions as he or she determines, a prospecting licence in accordance with section. Full text English Website www.paclii.org References - Legislation Implemented by Geothermal Energy (Prospecting Licences) Regulations. Legislation | Vanuatu | 1987 (2006) Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production Source: FAO, FAOLEX