Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C01057:reg:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C01057
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6
Character Range: 15161–16327

6  Meaning of existing regulatory obligation
 (1) A coal mine lease holder has an existing regulatory obligation to destroy the methane component of coal mine waste gas drawn from an operating underground coal mine in relation to a coal mine waste gas project if at the application time:
 (a) a law of a State or Territory requires the gas to be destroyed, converted, beneficially used, stored, transferred to another person or offered for sale (or any combination of these); or
 (b) a law of a State or Territory prohibits the release of the gas from the mine without destruction, conversion, beneficial use, storage, transfer to another person or offering the gas for sale (or any combination of these); or
 (c) a law of a State or Territory restricts the release of gas from the mine where flaring, alternative uses of, or other dealings with, the gas are practical, feasible or safe.
              Note: In 2019 an example of paragraph (c) is section 318CO of the Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld).
 (2) For subsection (1), disregard any provision of a law of a State or Territory that authorises the release of the gas for use in a greenhouse abatement scheme.