(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the following persons or things are exempt from all the provisions (except sections 14, 15 and 303) of the Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 —
(a) the Otway National Research Facility;
(b) greenhouse gas sequestration activities in respect of the Otway National Research Facility;
(c) any person carrying out greenhouse gas sequestration activities in relation to the Otway National Research Facility when carried out in the Otway facility area.
(2) An exemption under subregulation (1)(b) or (c)
only applies if the greenhouse gas sequestration activity is authorised by an
approval or other authority under a resources law.
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