Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2020A00043:clause:2_287a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2020A00043
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 287A
Character Range: 258295–259268

287A  Application of this Chapter (and associated provisions) to bodies politic
 (1) The following provisions:
 (a) this Chapter and regulations made for the purposes of this Chapter;
 (b) the remaining provisions of this Act and the regulations, so far as they relate to:
 (i) this Chapter; or
 (ii) exploring for a potential greenhouse gas storage formation; or
 (iii) exploring for a potential greenhouse gas injection site; or
 (iv) the injection of a greenhouse gas substance; or
 (v) the storage of a greenhouse gas substance;
apply, and are taken always to have applied, to the following bodies politic:
 (c) a State;
 (d) the Northern Territory.
 (2) Subsection (1) has effect in addition to section 35.
 (3) This Act does not make:
 (a) a State; or
 (b) the Northern Territory;
liable to a pecuniary penalty or to be prosecuted for an offence.
 (4) The protection in subsection (3) does not apply to an authority of:
 (a) a State; or
 (b) the Northern Territory.