Queensland Consolidated Acts

GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2009 - SECT 137

137 Minister’s power to decide excluded land

(1) The Minister may decide excluded land for a GHG lease or proposed GHG lease.

(2) However, the power under subsection (1) may be exercised only when the Minister is deciding whether to—

(a) grant the GHG lease; or

(b) approve any later development plan for the GHG lease.

(3) However, excluded land—

(a) must be within any sub-block included in the area of the GHG lease; and

(b) can not be a whole sub-block.

(4) For subsection (3) (a) , if the register—

(a) states that the GHG lease’s area includes land within a block; but

(b) does not include or exclude any particular sub-block within that block;

the reference to the block in the register is a reference to all sub-blocks within the block other than any sub-block that is completely within the area of another GHG tenure.

(5) Excluded land may be described in a way the Minister considers appropriate, including for example, by area or by reference to a stated type of land.

(6) Land ceases to be excluded land for a GHG lease if for any reason, the sub-block in which the land is located ceases to be in the lease’s area.