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

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

163   Subsection 199(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) A person may apply to the Designated Authority for the grant of a special prospecting authority over a block or blocks, so long as none of the following is in force over that block or any of those blocks:

(a) an exploration permit;

(b) a retention lease;

(c) a production licence;

(d) a greenhouse gas assessment permit;

(e) a greenhouse gas holding lease;

(f) a greenhouse gas injection licence.