146KAuthorisation holder must give data to permit, lease or licence holder

146K Authorisation holder must give data to permit, lease or licence holder

(1) This section applies if any part of a special drilling authorisation area falls within an area that is the subject of an exploration permit, a retention lease or an injection and monitoring licence held by a current authority holder who is not the holder of the special drilling authorisation.

(2) The holder of a special drilling authorisation must give a copy of any factual information obtained as a result of a greenhouse gas sequestration operation carried out under the authorisation in that part of the area to the current authority holder within 30 days after completing in that part of the area the operations from which the information was obtained.

(3) If there is an agreement between the holder of the authorisation and the current authority holder in relation to the supply of the information, that agreement prevails over anything to the contrary in this section.

(4) A person must not impose any conditions on the supply of information under this section.

(5) A person must comply with any obligation imposed on the person by this section.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

Part 9—Provisions applying to authorities generally

Division 1—Applications

147 Application for authorities

(1) An applicant for an authority—

(a) must apply for the authority in the manner required by the Minister; and

(b) must submit a proposed work program and details of how much the applicant intends to spend on each part of that program; and

(c) must submit a proposed consultation plan;

(d) must submit details of any matter required by the Minister to enable the Minister to assess the application; and

(e) must submit evidence of the applicant's ability to comply with this Act; and

(f) may set out other matters that the applicant wishes the Minister to consider.

(2) In the case of an applicant for a retention lease who does not intend to carry out any greenhouse gas injection and monitoring operations under the lease, it is sufficient compliance with subsection (1)(b) if the applicant submits a document declaring that intention.