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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2010 - SECT 384

Public interest in grant of greenhouse gas injection licence

    (1)     For the purposes of sections 382(1)(c) and 383(1)(c), in considering whether the grant of the greenhouse gas injection licence is in the public interest, the Minister must have regard to—

        (a)     whether the registered holder of the existing post‑commencement petroleum exploration permit or existing post‑commencement petroleum retention lease, as the case may be, has agreed, in writing, to the grant of the greenhouse gas injection licence; and

        (b)     if so—the terms of that agreement.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not limit the matters to which the Minister may have regard.



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