Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:307a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 307A (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 795573–798560

307A  Application for a cross‑boundary greenhouse gas assessment permit

Scope
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) a greenhouse gas assessment permit (the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit) is in force; and
 (b) the permittee is the holder of a State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title (the existing State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title); and
 (c) at least one block of the permit area of the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit has a side in common with at least one State/Territory block of the relevant area of the State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title; and
 (d) the permittee has informed the responsible Commonwealth Minister, under section 451A, 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 area of the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit and the relevant area of the existing State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title; and
 (ii) the part extends to the permit area of the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit and the relevant area of the existing State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title; and
 (iii) the permittee has reasonable grounds to suspect that the part could be an eligible greenhouse gas storage formation; and
 (e) there is no identified greenhouse gas storage formation that is wholly situated within the permit area of the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit; and
 (f) there is no State/Territory identified greenhouse gas storage formation that is wholly situated within the relevant area of the existing State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title; and
 (g) if the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit is an original greenhouse gas assessment permit—the existing State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title is an original State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title; and
 (h) if the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit was granted by way of first renewal—the existing State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title was granted by way of first renewal; and
 (i) if the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit was granted by way of second renewal—the existing State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title was granted by way of second renewal; and
 (j) either:
 (i) in a case where the relevant area of the existing State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title is in the coastal waters of a State—the State has a compatible cross‑boundary law; or
 (ii) in a case where the relevant area of the existing State/Territory greenhouse gas assessment title is in the coastal waters of the Northern Territory—the Northern Territory has a compatible cross‑boundary law.

Application
 (2) The permittee of the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit may apply to the Titles Administrator for the grant by the Cross‑boundary Authority of a greenhouse gas assessment permit over:
 (a) all the blocks in the permit area of the existing greenhouse gas assessment permit; and
 (b)