Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2020A00043:clause:1_302a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2020A00043
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 302A (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 70884–73830

302A  Application for a consolidated work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permit

Scope
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) 2 work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits (the existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits) are in force; and
 (b) a person is the registered holder of the existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits; and
 (c) the permit areas of the existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits are in the same offshore area; and
 (d) at least one block of the permit area of one of the existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits has a side in common with at least one block of the permit area of the other existing greenhouse gas assessment permit; and
 (e) neither of the existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits is a cross‑boundary greenhouse gas assessment permit; and
 (f) the person has informed the responsible Commonwealth Minister, under section 451B, that:
 (i) a part of a geological formation is wholly situated in the area (the combined area) that consists of the combination of the permit areas of the existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits; and
 (ii) the part extends to the permit area of each existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permit; and
 (iii) the person has reasonable grounds to suspect that the part could be an eligible greenhouse gas storage formation; and
 (g) there is no identified greenhouse gas storage formation that is wholly situated within the permit area of either of the existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits.

Application
 (2) The person may apply to the responsible Commonwealth Minister for the grant of a greenhouse gas assessment permit over all the blocks in the permit areas of the existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits.
 (3) An application under subsection (2) for a greenhouse gas assessment permit must be accompanied by:
 (a) details of the applicant's proposals for work and expenditure in relation to the combined area; and
 (b) such other information (if any) as is specified in the regulations.
Note 1: Part 3.8 contains additional provisions about application procedures.
Note 2: Section 427 requires the application to be accompanied by an application fee.

Extension of duration of existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permit pending decision on application
 (4) If:
 (a) the person makes an application under subsection (2) for a greenhouse gas assessment permit; and
 (b) one or both of the existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits would, apart from this subsection, expire before the responsible Commonwealth Minister grants, or refuses to grant, a greenhouse gas assessment permit in response to the application;
that existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permit, or those existing work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits, continue in force until the responsible Commonwealth Minister grants, or refuses to grant, a greenhouse gas assessment permit in response