Legislation & regulations

• Legislation
• Compliance and enforcement
• Guidelines and codes of practice
  • Exploration licence guidelines
  • Work plan guidelines for exploration licences
  • Code of practice for mineral exploration
  • Competing licence applications - interim operational policy
  • Extractive industry work plan guideline
  • Informed verbal consent
  • Code of practice for small quarries
  • Retention licence guidelines
  • Ministerial guidelines for description of a mineral resource
  • Mining licence guidelines
  • Work plan guidelines for mining licences
  • Reportable events
  • Guidelines for declared mines and quarries – preparation of six monthly reports
  • Imported materials management guidelines
  • Code of practice for low risk mines
  • Prospecting licence guidelines
  • Exploration and rehabilitation of mineral exploration sites
  • Guidelines for abandonment of mineral drillholes
  • Rehabilitation plans and other environmental aspects of work plans
  • Rehabilitation bonds
  • Cash bonds for small miners
  • Guidelines for the design and management of tailings storage facilities
  • Environmental guidelines for the management of small tailings storage facilities
  • Tailings storage data sheet
  • Native Vegetation Guide for Mines and Quarries
  • Guidelines for the management of water in mines and quarries
  • Groundwater licensing and trading
  • Community Engagement Guidelines for Mining and Mineral Exploration
  • Community engagement plan template
  • Mineral tenements and the Native Title Act 1993
  • Guidance notes for the Aboriginal Heritage Act/Heritage Act
  • Ground vibration and airblast limits for mines and quarries
  • Guidelines for the assessment of geotechnical risks in open pit mines and quarries
  • Quarry batter stability
  • Oil and gas permit conditions and administration guidelines
  • A guide to compliance
  • Ministerial guidelines for notices and injunctions relating to the regulation of earth resources
  • Fit and proper person policy
• Regulator performance reporting
• Regulation review and reform
• Victorian Mining Register

Guidelines and codes of practice