Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A person must not carry out a GHG storage activity in relation to land unless--
(a) the activity is carried out under a GHG authority or a serious situation direction; or
(b) the carrying out of the activity is necessary to preserve life or property because of a dangerous situation or emergency that exists or may exist; or
(c) the activity is the construction or operation of a GHG stream pipeline carried out under a pipeline licence; or
(d) the person--
(i) is carrying out the activity for the State; and
(ii) has, under section 420, been authorised for that purpose; and
(iii) is acting within the scope of that authority.
Maximum penalty--2000 penalty units.
(2) If the activity is injecting a GHG stream into an underground reservoir, it is a defence to a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) for the defendant to prove that the injection--
(a) was for the purpose of enhanced petroleum recovery; and
(b) was authorised under the 1923 Act or the P&G Act.