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

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.

Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

256   Section 353

Insert:

offshore greenhouse gas storage operations means any regulated operations (including diving operations) that:

(a) relate to:

(i) the exploration for potential greenhouse gas storage formations or potential greenhouse gas injection sites; or

(ii) the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into the seabed or subsoil; or

(iii) the permanent storage of a greenhouse gas substance in the seabed or subsoil; or

(iv) the compression, processing, offloading, piped conveyance or pre-injection storage of a greenhouse gas substance; or

(v) the monitoring of a greenhouse gas substance stored in the seabed or subsoil; and

(b) if the operations are diving operations - take place in Safety Authority waters; and

(c) if the operations are not diving operations - take place:

(i) in Safety Authority waters; and

(ii) at a facility.