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

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

228   Section 326 (at the end of the definition of relevant vessel )

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; or (d) a vessel that satisfies the following conditions:

(i) the vessel is not a vessel to which paragraph (a) or (b) applies;

(ii) the vessel is in the offshore area for the purpose of exploring the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area for a potential greenhouse gas storage formation or a potential greenhouse gas injection site;

(iii) the vessel is not a Government vessel; or

(e) a vessel that satisfies the following conditions:

(i) the vessel is not a vessel to which paragraph (a) or (b) applies;

(ii) the vessel is in the offshore area for purposes relating to the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into, or the storage of a greenhouse gas substance in, the seabed or subsoil of the offshore area;

(iii) the vessel is not a Government vessel.