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

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

289K   Subsection 444(1) (after table item 12)

Insert:

12A

the maintaining in good condition and repair of all structures, equipment and other property in an offshore area used or intended to be used for or in connection with:

(a) the exploration for potential greenhouse gas storage formations in the offshore area; or

(b) the exploration for potential greenhouse gas injection sites in the offshore area; or

(c) the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into a part of a geological formation, where the part is in the offshore area; or

(d) the storage of a greenhouse gas substance in a part of a geological formation, where the part is in the offshore area.