Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:222:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 222 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 540032–542904

222  Grant of greenhouse gas‑related pipeline licence—offer document

Scope
 (1) This section applies if an application for a pipeline licence has been made under section 217.

Offer document—grant of pipeline licence to a person other than petroleum production licensee
 (2) If:
 (a) the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in an offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for:
 (i) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance within a petroleum production licence area in that offshore area; or
 (ii) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a petroleum production licence area to a place in the petroleum production licence area; and
 (b) either:
 (i) if subparagraph (a)(i) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is a by‑product of petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; or
 (ii) if subparagraph (a)(ii) applies—the greenhouse gas substance is to be injected into the seabed or subsoil for the purpose of enhancing petroleum recovery operations carried on under the petroleum production licence; and
 (c) the applicant is not the petroleum production licensee; and
 (d) the application has not been rejected under subsection 219(2);
the Joint Authority may give the applicant a written notice (called an offer document) telling the applicant that the Joint Authority is prepared to grant the applicant the pipeline licence.
 (2A) In deciding whether to give the applicant an offer document under subsection (2), the Joint Authority:
 (a) must have regard to the matters specified in subsection (2B); and
 (b) may have regard to any other matters the Joint Authority considers relevant.
 (2B) The matters are as follows:
 (a) whether the technical advice and financial resources available to the applicant are sufficient to:
 (i) carry out the operations and works that will be authorised by the licence; and
 (ii) discharge the obligations that will be imposed under this Act, or a legislative instrument under this Act, in relation to the licence;
 (b) the matters specified in section 695YB as they apply to the applicant;
 (c) if the applicant is a body corporate—the matters specified in section 695YB as they apply to an officer of the body corporate;
 (d) any other matters prescribed by the regulations.

Offer document—grant of pipeline licence to petroleum production licensee
 (3) If:
 (a) the application is for a pipeline licence in relation to the construction, in an offshore area, of a greenhouse gas pipeline for:
 (i) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance within a petroleum production licence area in that offshore area; or
 (ii) the conveyance of a greenhouse gas substance from a place outside a petroleum production licence area to a place in the petroleum production licence area; and
 (b) either:
 (i) if subparagraph (a)(i) applies—the