Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Section 76(6) of the Principal Act is repealed .
(2) In section 76(7) of the Principal Act, for "This section" substitute "This Division".
(3) After section 76(7) of the Principal Act insert —
"(8) The Minister may exempt a person from the requirement to obtain approval under this section to dispose of any matter underground by means of a bore—
(a) if—
(i) the matter is to be injected into or stored in a part of a geological formation in a permit area under a greenhouse gas assessment permit; and
(ii) the Minister administering the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010 has consulted with the Minister administering this section at least 40 days before approving, under section 291 of that Act, the carrying on of key greenhouse gas operations under the permit referred to in subparagraph (i); or
(b) if—
(i) the matter is to be injected into or stored in an identified greenhouse gas storage formation in a lease area under a greenhouse gas holding lease; and
(ii) the Minister administering the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010 has consulted with the Minister administering this section at least 40 days before approving, under section 329 of that Act, the carrying on of key greenhouse gas operations under the lease referred to in subparagraph (i); or
(c) if—
(i) the matter is to be injected into or stored in an identified greenhouse gas storage formation in a licence area under a greenhouse gas injection licence; and
(ii) the Minister administering the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010 has consulted with the Minister administering this section at least 40 days before approving a site plan for that injection licence under regulations made under that Act.
(9) In this section—
"greenhouse gas assessment permit", greenhouse gas holding lease , greenhouse gas injection licence and key greenhouse gas operation have the same meanings as in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010 .".