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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 title
An 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