Mining and Energy Law

This text is an ideal starting point to understand the regulatory regimes and policy challenges relevant to Australia's mining sector.

Samantha Hepburn (Author)

9781107663237, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 August 2015

450 pages
24.5 x 17.4 x 2.6 cm, 0.87 kg

Mining and Energy Law is the only textbook available that encompasses a discussion of both the law and the policy of mining and resource regulation in existing and emergent areas, for the Commonwealth as well as for the states and territories in Australia. The book begins by examining the ownership framework underpinning natural resources within Australia and reviews the proprietary status and scope of mining tenements, and the regulation of offshore petroleum extraction. It goes on to explore the legal regimes that have emerged in response to more recent developments, such as coal seam gas, renewable energy and geo-sequestration. The book concludes with a discussion of the commercial and contractual arrangements commonly used by transacting parties operating in the sector. Mining and Energy Law is the ideal starting point for anyone seeking to understand the regulatory regimes and policy challenges relevant to one of Australia's most important industry sectors.

1. Ownership of minerals and natural resources
2. Resource titles: permits, licenses and leases
3. Australian offshore petroleum and minerals regulation
4. Natural gas regulation
5. Unconventional gas regulation
6. Renewable energy: regulation, the RET, wind energy and the market framework
7. Carbon capture sequestration
8. Climate change and mining and energy policy
9. Environmental regulation
10. Mining agreements and revenue frameworks.

Subject Areas: International environmental law [LBBP], Law [L]