189Exploration under exploration permit overrides planning schemes

189 Exploration under exploration permit overrides planning schemes

(1) The holder of an exploration permit may carry out in accordance with the permit greenhouse gas sequestration formation exploration in the permit area—

(a) without obtaining a permit under the planning scheme that applies to the authority area; and

(b) without complying with any conditions specified in that planning scheme in relation to the use or development of that land for exploration.

(2) Subsection (1) applies even if the planning scheme wholly or partly prohibits the use or development of the authority area for exploration.