Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:296
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 296
Character Range: 763868–766165

296  Application for work‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permit—advertising of blocks

Invitation to apply for a greenhouse gas assessment permit
 (1) The responsible Commonwealth Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette:
 (a) invite applications for the grant of a greenhouse gas assessment permit over the block, or any or all of the blocks, specified in the notice; and
 (b) specify a period within which applications may be made.
 (2) If the responsible Commonwealth Minister has published a notice under subsection 303(1) inviting applications for the grant of a greenhouse gas assessment permit over a block, the block must not be specified in a notice under subsection (1) of this section at any time during the period specified in the subsection 303(1) notice.
Note: Subsection 303(1) deals with cash‑bid greenhouse gas assessment permits.

Application for greenhouse gas assessment permit
 (3) An application under this section must:
 (a) be in the approved form; and
 (b) be accompanied by any information or documents required by the form.
 (3A) If the approved form requires the application to be accompanied by information or documents, an application under this section is taken to be accompanied by the information or documents if the information or documents are given to the responsible Commonwealth Minister before the end of the period specified in the notice published under subsection (1).
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.
Note 3: Section 429 enables the responsible Commonwealth Minister to require the applicant to give further information.

Attributes of blocks
 (4) The blocks specified in an application under this section must be blocks that are constituted by graticular sections that:
 (a) constitute a single area; and
 (b) are such that each graticular section in that area has a side in common with at least one other graticular section in that area.
 (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to applications if the responsible Commonwealth Minister, for reasons that the responsible Commonwealth Minister thinks sufficient, includes in the subsection (1) notice a direction that subsection (4) does not apply to those applications.