(1) The Minister must not give the applicant a pre‑certificate notice in relation to the identified greenhouse gas storage formation unless the Minister is satisfied that—
(a) either—
(i) the relevant statutory requirements have been complied with; or
(ii) any of the relevant statutory requirements have not been complied with, but there are sufficient grounds to warrant the issue of the site closing certificate; or
(b) if any conditions are specified in the regulations—those conditions have been satisfied.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), each of the following is a "relevant statutory requirement"—
(a) the conditions to which the greenhouse gas injection licence is, or has from time to time been, subject;
(b) the provisions of this Chapter, Chapter 5, Chapter 6 and Part 8.1;
(c) the provisions of the regulations.