Queensland Consolidated Acts

GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2009 - SECT 179

179 Deciding application

(1) The Minister may approve a surrender only if—

(a) up to the day the application was made, the holder had submitted all reports required to be submitted under this Act; and

(b) the Minister considers the risks associated with GHG stream storage under the GHG lease have been reduced as much as is reasonably practicable; and

(c) all of the relevant environmental authority has been cancelled or surrendered.

(2) In deciding whether to approve a surrender the Minister must consider the extent to which the applicant has complied with the conditions of the GHG lease.