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

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

91   Section 6 (at the end of the definition of water line )

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; or (c) exploration for potential greenhouse gas storage formations; or

(d) exploration for potential greenhouse gas injection sites; or

(e) the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or

(f) the injection, on an appraisal basis, of a greenhouse gas substance into a part of a geological formation; or

(g) the injection, on an appraisal basis, of air, petroleum or water into a part of a geological formation.