Land where special permission must be obtained for Mining and/or Exploration. This layer was developed for land classification for the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 This layer is derived mostly from selections from Public Land Management PLM25. Other sources of data include PLM100_V_MMT_WILDLIFE_MGMT for wildlife reserves, PLM100_V_MMT_HERITAGE_RIVER for heritage rivers, PLM100_V_MMT_NATRL_CATCHMENT for natural catchemnt area and PLM100_V_MMT_REFERENCE_AREAS for reference areas. The dataset PLM25_MRSDA is an amalgamation of features defined by: Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 - SCHEDULE 3 Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 - SECT 6 Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 - SECT 7 The GeoVic3 layers: Restricted Crown Land (MRSDA) Unavailable Crown Land (MRSDA) and Unavailable S7 Exempt Areas (MRSDA) are subsets from the layer PLM25_MRSDA. Schedule 3 of the MRDA includes Restricted Crown Land land reserved for the following purposes a) regional parks b) coastal parks including Gippsland Lakes Reserves c) marine parks e) wildlife reserves including Wildlife Management Co-operative Areas f) natural features and scenic reserves including caves and geological reserves g) bushland reserves h) historic areas and reserves i) public land water frontage reserves j) streamside reserves including River Murray Reserve k) coastal reserves l) national heritage parks m) nature conservation reserves n) historic and cultural feature reserves Any land that is an alpine resort within the meaning of the Alpine Resorts Act 1983 Any land which is a heritage river area under section 5 of the Heritage Rivers Act 1992 other than land to which paragraph a or b of section 6 of this Act applies. Any land that is a natural catchment area under section 6 of the Heritage Rivers Act 1992 other than land to which paragraph a or b of section 6 of this Act applies. Unavailable Crown Land land that is a reference area land that is a national park, wilderness park or State park land that is a marine national park or a marine sanctuary Exempt Area land exempt from exploration or mining license by the Minister.

Land where special permission must be obtained for Geothermal Energy Operations This layer was developed for land classification for the Geothermal Energy Resurces Act 2005 This layer is derived mostly from selections from Public Land Management PLM25. Other sources of data include PLM100_V_MMT_WILDLIFE_MGMT for wildlife reserves, PLM100_V_MMT_HERITAGE_RIVER for heritage rivers, PLM100_V_MMT_NATRL_CATCHMENT for natural catchemnt area , PLM100_V_MMT_REFERENCE_AREAS for reference areas, PLM100_V_MMT_WILDERNESS_ZONE for wilderness zones and VEACREC25_POLYGON for water authority land. The dataset PLM25_GERA is an amalgamation of features defined by: Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 79 Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 81 Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 82 and Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 85 The GeoVic3 layers: Wilderness and Reference (GERA s79) Restricted Crown Land (GERA s.81) Water Authority Land (GERA s 82) and National and State Parks (GERA s. 85) are subsets from the layer PLM25_GERA PLM25_GERA has captured the following features: regional parks coastal parks, including Gippsland Lakes Reserve marine parks wildlife reserves including Wildlife Management Co-operative Areas wildlife reserves including Wildlife Management Co-operative Areas natural features and scenic reserves including caves and geological reserves bushland reserves historic areas and reserves public land water frontage reserves streamside reserves including River Murray Reserve coastal reserves national heritage parks nature conservation reserves historic and cultural features reserves alpine resorts heritage rivers natural catchment areas crown land reserves - natural feature reserves crown land reserves - nature conservation reserves crown land reserves - forest parks reference areas national parks wilderness area state parks wilderness zones marine national parks or marine sanctuaries water authority land

Petroleum permit boundaries including exploration permits, retention leases and production licences under the following Acts: Offshore 3 Nautical Mile Limit waters - Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas storage Act 2006 Onshore - Petroleum Act 2005 as of June 2007, it also includes Special Access Authorities Special Prospecting Authorities Access Authorities

Areas that have been offered for work program bidding under the following Acts: Offshore 3 Nautical Mile Limit waters - Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas storage Act 2006 Onshore - Petroleum Act 2005 This dataset no longer contains data outside the 3 Nautical Mile Limit (Commonwealth waters). Commonwealth data can be obtained at http://www.ga.gov.au/nopims

Regions showing the extent of Prospecting Licences currently lodged with Earth Resources Regulations. The boundaries are derived from a combination of entering graticular boundaries (exact MGA co-ordinates) and digitizing along areas of land status (Earth Resources version of plm25) which are unable to be mined or explored. Refer to the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act (MRSDA) 1990 for more detail.