Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009
sec.135Area of GHG lease
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sec.135 Area of GHG lease
This section provides for the area of a GHG lease. The area does not include excluded land for the GHG lease. See also section 369B (3) if land in the GHG lease’s area is taken under a resumption law. Unless the Minister otherwise decides, the area must form a single parcel of land. The area must not include any of the following ( unavailable land )— land in the area of another GHG tenure other than land that will under section 48 , cease to be included in the area of a GHG permit on the grant of the GHG lease; land in the Great Artesian Basin; excluded land for another GHG tenure; land that a regulation prescribes as land over which a GHG lease can not be granted. The area may include a part of a sub-block only if the part is all areas within the sub-block that are left after taking away all unavailable land within the sub-block. See also section 369B (3) if land in the GHG lease’s area is taken under a resumption law. s 135 amd 2012 No. 20 s 37 ; 2024 No. 33 s 35C (sec.135-ssec.1) This section provides for the area of a GHG lease. (sec.135-ssec.2) The area does not include excluded land for the GHG lease. See also section 369B (3) if land in the GHG lease’s area is taken under a resumption law. (sec.135-ssec.3) Unless the Minister otherwise decides, the area must form a single parcel of land. (sec.135-ssec.4) The area must not include any of the following ( unavailable land )— land in the area of another GHG tenure other than land that will under section 48 , cease to be included in the area of a GHG permit on the grant of the GHG lease; land in the Great Artesian Basin; excluded land for another GHG tenure; land that a regulation prescribes as land over which a GHG lease can not be granted. (sec.135-ssec.5) The area may include a part of a sub-block only if the part is all areas within the sub-block that are left after taking away all unavailable land within the sub-block. See also section 369B (3) if land in the GHG lease’s area is taken under a resumption law.
- (a) land in the area of another GHG tenure other than land that will under section 48 , cease to be included in the area of a GHG permit on the grant of the GHG lease;
- (b) land in the Great Artesian Basin;
- (c) excluded land for another GHG tenure;
- (d) land that a regulation prescribes as land over which a GHG lease can not be granted.