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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 427

Application fee

Scope

  (1)   This section applies to an application for:

  (a)   the grant or renewal of a greenhouse gas assessment permit; or

  (b)   the grant or renewal of a greenhouse gas holding lease; or

  (c)   the grant or variation of a greenhouse gas injection licence; or

  (d)   the grant of a greenhouse gas search authority; or

  (e)   a site closing certificate.

Application fee

  (2)   The application must be accompanied by the fee (if any) prescribed by the regulations.

  (3)   Different fees may be prescribed for different applications.

  (4)   A fee must not be such as to amount to taxation.

  (4A)   The application is taken to be accompanied by a fee if the fee is received before the end of the 10 - day period that began on the day after the application was made.

  (5)   To avoid doubt, a fee is in addition to:

  (a)   the amount that a person specifies in an application as the amount that the person is prepared to pay for a cash - bid greenhouse gas assessment permit; and

  (b)   the amount specified in an offer document as the amount that a person must pay for a cash - bid greenhouse gas assessment permit.



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