303Regulations

303 Regulations

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—

(a) determining the dimensions, boundaries, form, position and extent of an authority area; and

(b) determining the requirements to be complied with by people who wish to acquire authorities; and

(c) prescribing conditions that are to apply to a particular type of authority or to authorities generally; and

(d) prescribing the fees payable for authorities, and the fees for applications, the processing of applications, renewals, authority variations and extensions, surveys, inspections by inspectors, technical and other assessments, exemptions, registrations in the greenhouse gas sequestration register, inspection of the greenhouse gas sequestration register and access to released information; and

(e) prescribing annual fees payable by the holders of authorities; and

(f) prescribing the rent that is payable by the holders of authorities for occupying Crown land; and

S. 303(1)(g) amended by No. 61/2008 s. 318(1).

(g) requiring the holders of authorities to submit specified information to the Minister or the Environment Protection Authority and to keep specified information, records and samples; and

S. 303(1)(h) amended by No. 68/2014 s. 12(2).

(h) requiring information to be contained in work programs, development plans, unit developments, operation plans, injection testing plans, injection and monitoring plans, risk management plans, monitoring and verification plans and other plans, manuals and reports required of authority holders; and

(i) requirements for pecuniary interests statements; and

(j) the greenhouse gas sequestration register and the documents to be registered; and

(k) regulating inquiries and investigations conducted into matters under this Act; and

(l) regulating unit agreements; and

(m) requirements for greenhouse gas infrastructure lines; and

(n) regulating injection testing under an authority; and

(o) regulating injection under an authority; and

(p) regulating monitoring and verification of a greenhouse gas substance; and

(q) prescribing the methods to be adopted if a well is abandoned; and

(r) regulating the injection testing of wells; and

(s) prescribing the equipment, materials and casings that are to be used in greenhouse gas sequestration operations; and

(t) regulating the underground geological storage of greenhouse gas substances; and

(u) generally prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.