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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2010 - SECT 421

Matters to which the Minister must have regard—pre‑certificate notice

    (1)     If the Minister is satisfied that there is a significant risk that a greenhouse gas substance injected into the identified greenhouse gas storage formation will have a significant adverse impact on—

        (a)     navigation; or

        (b)     fishing; or

        (c)     any activities being lawfully carried on, or that could be lawfully carried on, by way of the construction or operation of a pipeline; or

        (d)     the enjoyment of native title rights (within the meaning of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth)—

then, in deciding whether to give the applicant a pre‑certificate notice, the Minister must have regard to that significant risk.

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



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