Victorian Current Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2010 - SECT 439

    (1)     A person may apply to the Minister for the grant of a greenhouse gas search authority over a block or blocks, so long as none of the following is in force over that block or any of those blocks—

        (a)     a greenhouse gas assessment permit;

        (b)     a greenhouse gas holding lease;

        (c)     a greenhouse gas injection licence;

        (d)     a petroleum exploration permit;

        (e)     a petroleum retention lease;

        (f)     a petroleum production licence.

    (2)     An application under this section must specify—

        (a)     the operations relating to—

              (i)     the exploration for potential greenhouse gas storage formations; and

              (ii)     the exploration for potential greenhouse gas injection sites—

        that the applicant proposes to carry on; and

        (b)     the block or blocks within which the applicant proposes to carry on those operations.

Notes

1     Part 3.8 contains additional provisions about application procedures.

2     Section 459 requires the application to be accompanied by an application fee.