So from what I can see there Bush, it just says that it is exempt from being "subject to a licence".Victorian Government Gazette.
Minerals Exploration and Mining Sustainable Development Section 7 .
24th October 2024.
Scroll page 36 . Print page 2130
Link below.
https://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes2024/GG2024G043.pdf#page=36
And guessing that is why it is in the Industry Related fields on GeoVic.
Possibly thinking that none of this new stuff relates to recreational prospectors at all?