146ASpecial drilling authorisation

146A Special drilling authorisation

(1) A special drilling authorisation authorises—

(a) a holder of an exploration permit, retention lease, greenhouse gas injection licence, injection and monitoring licence, a greenhouse gas assessment permit or a greenhouse gas holding lease—

(i) to carry out greenhouse gas sequestration formation exploration in the drilling authorisation area; and

(ii) to do anything in the drilling authorisation area that is necessary for the purposes of subparagraph (i);

(b) a holder of an injection and monitoring licence or a greenhouse gas injection licence—

(i) to carry out greenhouse gas substance injection and monitoring in the drilling authorisation area; and

(ii) to do anything in the drilling authorisation area that is necessary for the purposes of subparagraph (i).

(2) A special drilling authorisation does not give a current authority holder any rights in respect of resources and underground geological storage formations in the drilling authorisation area.

S. 146B inserted by No. 64/2012 s. 42.