Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:407
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 407
Character Range: 1146720–1147756

407  Application for greenhouse gas search authority
 (1) A person may apply to the responsible Commonwealth Minister for the grant of a greenhouse gas search authority over a block or blocks, so long as none of the following is in force over that block or any of those blocks:
 (a) a greenhouse gas assessment permit;
 (b) a greenhouse gas holding lease;
 (c) a greenhouse gas injection licence;
 (d) a petroleum exploration permit;
 (e) a petroleum retention lease;
 (f) a petroleum production licence.
 (2) An application under this section must specify:
 (a) the operations relating to:
 (i) the exploration for potential greenhouse gas storage formations; and
 (ii) the exploration for potential greenhouse gas injection sites;
  that the applicant proposes to carry on; and
 (b) the block or blocks within which the applicant proposes to carry on those operations.
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.