Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Act 2008 (117 of 2008)

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

287   At the end of Part 6.4

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441A Service of documents on 2 or more registered holders of a greenhouse gas title

Scope

(1) This section applies if there are 2 or more registered holders of a greenhouse gas title.

Nomination of one of the registered holders

(2) Those registered holders may, by joint written notice given to the responsible Commonwealth Minister, nominate one of them as being the person to whom documents may be given in any case where the documents:

(a) relate to the greenhouse gas title; and

(b) are required or permitted by this Act to be given.

(3) The joint written notice must be executed in an approved manner by or on behalf of each of the registered holders.

Document may be given to nominated person

(4) If:

(a) a document relating to a greenhouse gas title is required or permitted by this Act to be given to the registered holder; and

(b) there are 2 or more registered holders of the greenhouse gas title; and

(c) a nomination of a person under subsection (2) is in force in relation to the greenhouse gas title; and

(d) the document is given to the nominated person;

the document is taken to have been given to each of those registered holders.

Revocation of nomination

(5) If:

(a) a person has been nominated under subsection (2) in relation to a greenhouse gas title; and

(b) one of the registered holders of the greenhouse gas title, by written notice given to the responsible Commonwealth Minister, revokes the nomination;

the nomination ceases to be in force.

Cessation of nomination - nominee ceases to be a registered holder

(6) If:

(a) a person has been nominated under subsection (2) in relation to a greenhouse gas title; and

(b) the nominated person ceases to be one of the registered holders of the greenhouse gas title;

the nomination ceases to be in force.

Definition

(7) In this section:

greenhouse gas title means:

(a) a greenhouse gas assessment permit; or

(b) a greenhouse gas holding lease; or

(c) a greenhouse gas injection licence; or

(d) a greenhouse gas search authority; or

(e) a greenhouse gas special authority.