(1) A greenhouse gas injection licensee commits an offence if the licensee does not give a monthly greenhouse gas accounting report for a licence area to the Titles Administrator within the period:
(a) starting on the last day of the named month to which the report relates; and
(b) ending on the day 15 days after that day.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
"monthly greenhouse gas accounting report" means a report that includes, for a month:
(a) the quantity of greenhouse gas substance that has been put into the system, as measured at:
(i) the source of the greenhouse gas substance; or
(ii) if the greenhouse gas substance becomes the responsibility of the licensee at a point other than its source--that point; and
(b) the quantity of greenhouse gas substance measured at the last measuring point before injection; and
(c) the average composition of the greenhouse gas substance injected; and
(d) the maximum and minimum injection rates during the month; and
(e) the quantity of the greenhouse gas substance lost, and emissions of additional greenhouse gases generated, in each of the following processes:
(f) an explanation of how each of the quantities mentioned in paragraph (e) was worked out; and
(g) the quantity of greenhouse gas substance lost from the well bore; and
(h) the quantity of greenhouse gas substance lost from the storage formation; and
(i) the quantity of greenhouse gases emitted from the discharge of produced formation fluids.
Note: The responsible Commonwealth Minister or the Titles Administrator
must make the information in the report publicly known within 30 days
after the Titles Administrator receives the report--see regulation
10.10.