Victorian Numbered Acts

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE AMENDMENT ACT 2024 (NO. 42 OF 2024)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Purpose  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  
   4.      Object  
   5.      Simplified outline  
   6.      Definitions  
   7.      Infrastructure facilities  
   8.      Significant risk of a significant adverse impact—approval of key greenhouse gas operations  
   9.      New section 67A inserted  
   10.     Simplified outline—Part 2.1  
   11.     Simplified outline—Part 2.4  
   12.     New section 149A inserted  
   13.     Rights conferred by petroleum production licence  
   14.     Termination of life-of-field petroleum production licence if no recovery operations for 5 years  
   15.     Simplified outline—Part 2.8  
   16.     Application for petroleum access authority  
   17.     Interference with other rights  
   18.     Property in recovered petroleum  
   19.     Minister must have regard to certain matters before approving key greenhouse gas operations  
   20.     Circumstances in which approval of key greenhouse gas operations must not be given  
   21.     Minister may give directions to greenhouse gas assessment permittees  
   22.     Minister must have regard to certain matters  
   23.     Circumstances in which the approval must not be given  
   24.     Minister may give directions to greenhouse gas holding lessees  
   25.     Offer document for application by permittee  
   26.     Offer document for application by lessee  
   27.     Grant of greenhouse gas injection licence—offer document  
   28.     Work practices  
   29.     Monitoring powers of petroleum project inspectors  
   30.     Definitions—Part 6.6  
   31.     Minister or petroleum project inspector may obtain information and documents  
   32.     New section 798E inserted  
   33.     Subject-matter for regulations  
   34.      Repeal of this Act  
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