Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 302A

Scope

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   2 work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits (the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits ) are in force; and

  (b)   a person is the registered holder of the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits; and

  (c)   the permit areas of the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits are in the same offshore area; and

  (d)   at least one block of the permit area of one of the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits has a side in common with at least one block of the permit area of the other existing greenhouse gas assessment permit; and

  (e)   neither of the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits is a cross - boundary greenhouse gas assessment permit; and

  (f)   the person has informed the responsible Commonwealth Minister, under section   451B, that:

  (i)   a part of a geological formation is wholly situated in the area (the combined area ) that consists of the combination of the permit areas of the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits; and

  (ii)   the part extends to the permit area of each existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permit; and

  (iii)   the person has reasonable grounds to suspect that the part   could be an eligible greenhouse gas storage formation; and

  (g)   there is no identified greenhouse gas storage formation that is wholly situated within the permit area of either of the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits.

Application

  (2)   The person may apply to the responsible Commonwealth Minister for the grant of a greenhouse gas assessment permit over all the blocks in the permit areas of the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits.

  (3)   An application under subsection   (2) must:

  (a)   be in the approved form; and

  (b)   be accompanied by any information or documents required by the form.

  (3A)   If the approved form requires the application to be accompanied by information or documents, an application under subsection   (2) is taken to be accompanied by the information or documents if the information or documents are given to the responsible Commonwealth Minister before at least one of the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits expires.

  (3B)   For the purposes of subsection   (3A), disregard the effect of subsection   (4).

Note 1:   Part   3.8 contains additional provisions about application procedures.

Note 2:   Section   427 requires the application to be accompanied by an application fee.

Extension of duration of existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permit pending decision on application

  (4)   If:

  (a)   the person makes an application under subsection   (2) for a greenhouse gas assessment permit; and

  (b)   one or both of the existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits would, apart from this subsection, expire before the responsible Commonwealth Minister grants, or refuses to grant, a greenhouse gas assessment permit in response to the application;

that existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permit, or those existing work - bid greenhouse gas assessment permits, continue in force until the responsible Commonwealth Minister grants, or refuses to grant, a greenhouse gas assessment permit in response to the application.

  (5)   Subsection   (4) has effect subject to this Chapter but despite section   293.

Note:   See the notes at the end of section   293.