Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If—
(a) a person applies for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in the offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for—
(i) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance within a petroleum production licence area in the offshore area; or
(ii) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a petroleum production licence area to a place in the petroleum production licence area; and
(b) either—
(i) if paragraph (a)(i) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is a by‑product of petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; or
(ii) if paragraph (a)(ii) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is to be injected into the seabed or subsoil for the purpose of enhancing petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; and
(c) the person is not the petroleum production licensee—
the petroleum production licensee may, within—
(d) 90 days after the publication in the Government Gazette of notice of the application; or
(e) such longer period, not more than 180 days, as the Minister allows—
apply under section 215 for such a pipeline licence and, in the application, request that the application mentioned in the Government Gazette notice be rejected.
Note
For publication in the Government Gazette of notice of the application, see section 731.
(2) If a pipeline licence is granted to the petroleum production licensee as a result of an application covered by subsection (1), the Minister must, by written notice given to the person mentioned in subsection (1)(a), reject the application mentioned in subsection (1)(d).
(3) The Minister may allow a longer period under subsection (1)(e) only on written application made by the petroleum production licensee within the period of 90 days mentioned in subsection (1)(d).