146BApplication for special drilling authorisation

146B Application for special drilling authorisation

(1) A current authority holder may apply to the Minister for the grant of a special drilling authorisation in respect of an area adjacent to the area set out in a primary authorisation held by the holder.

(2) In addition to complying with section 147, an applicant for a special drilling authorisation must—

(a) describe and precisely identify the area in respect of which the authorisation is sought; and

(b) describe in detail the greenhouse gas sequestration operation that the person seeks to carry out in that area; and

(c) submit details of—

(i) its relevant technical qualifications and of the relevant technical qualifications of its employees; and

(iii) the financial resources available to it.

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