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

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

39   Section 6

Insert:

greenhouse gas substance means:

(a) carbon dioxide, whether in a gaseous or liquid state; or

(b) a prescribed greenhouse gas, whether in a gaseous or liquid state; or

(c) a mixture of any or all of the following substances:

(i) carbon dioxide, whether in a gaseous or liquid state;

(ii) one or more prescribed greenhouse gases, whether in a gaseous or liquid state;

(iii) one or more incidental greenhouse gas-related substances, whether in a gaseous or liquid state, that relate to either or both of the substances mentioned in subparagraphs (i) and (ii);

(iv) a prescribed detection agent, whether in a gaseous or liquid state;

so long as:

(v) the mixture consists overwhelmingly of either or both of the substances mentioned in subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and

(vi) if the mixture includes a prescribed detection agent - the concentration of the prescribed detection agent in the mixture is not more than the concentration prescribed in relation to that detection agent.