191Alternative approvals

191 Alternative approvals

(a) a permit is required under any planning scheme to enable the holder of an injection and monitoring licence to carry out any greenhouse gas substance injection and monitoring authorised by the licence; or

(b) the holder of an injection and monitoring licence may be granted a permit under section 190 to carry out a greenhouse gas substance injection and monitoring operation.

(2) The holder of the licence is not required to obtain a permit under the planning scheme or section 190 to carry out the operation if—

(a) an Environment Effects Statement has been prepared under the Environment Effects Act 1978 in relation to the carrying out of the operation; and

(b) an assessment of that Statement by the Minister administering the Environment Effects Act 1978 has been submitted to the Minister; and

(c) the Minister has authorised the holder of the licence in writing to carry out the operation.

(3) If an Environment Effects Statement has not been prepared under the Environment Effects Act 1978, the holder of the licence must obtain any permit that is required under a planning scheme before carrying out—

(a) any greenhouse gas substance injection and monitoring authorised by the licence; or

(b) a greenhouse gas substance injection and monitoring operation.

Part 11—Consent requirements before operations allowed on land

Division 1—Wilderness Crown land

192 Operations on wilderness land barred

(1) A person must not carry out any greenhouse gas sequestration operations on land that is a marine national park, a marine sanctuary, a reference area under the Reference Areas Act 1978 or a wilderness zone or wilderness park under the National Parks Act 1975.

(2) No authority granted under this Act can authorise any activity prohibited by subsection (1).

Division 2—Operations requiring prior consent