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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 291A

Conditions of cross - boundary greenhouse gas assessment permits

  (1)   The Cross - boundary Authority may grant a cross - boundary greenhouse gas assessment permit subject to whatever conditions the Cross - boundary Authority thinks appropriate.

  (2)   The conditions (if any) must be specified in the permit.

Approval of key greenhouse gas operations

  (3)   A cross - boundary greenhouse gas assessment permit is subject to the condition that the permittee will not carry on key greenhouse gas operations under the permit unless:

  (a)   the responsible Commonwealth Minister has approved the operations under section   292A; and

  (b)   the permittee complies with the conditions (if any) to which the approval is subject.

Securities

  (4)   A cross - boundary greenhouse gas assessment permit is subject to the condition that, if the permittee is given a notice under section   454, the permittee will comply with the notice.

Work to be carried out

  (5)   Any or all of the following conditions may be specified in a cross - boundary greenhouse gas assessment permit:

  (a)   conditions requiring the permittee to carry out work in, or in relation to, the permit area (including conditions requiring the permittee to carry out the work during a period of 12 months or longer, or during periods each of which is 12 months or longer);

  (b)   conditions relating to the amounts that the permittee must spend in carrying out such work;

  (c)   conditions requiring the permittee to comply with directions that:

  (i)   relate to the matters covered by paragraphs   (a) and (b); and

  (ii)   are given in accordance with the permit.

Other provisions

  (6)   Despite subsection   (2), the conditions mentioned in subsections   (3) and (4) do not need to be specified in the permit.

  (7)   Subsections   (3), (4) and (5) do not limit subsection   (1).


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