Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009
sec.257Power to require information or reports about authorised activities to be kept or given
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sec.257 Power to require information or reports about authorised activities to be kept or given
A regulation or the chief executive may for the services of the State require a GHG authority holder to— keep in a stated way stated information or types of information about authorised activities carried out under the GHG authority; or in a stated digital format give the chief executive a notice in the approved form giving stated information or types of information or stated reports at stated times or intervals about authorised activities carried out under the GHG authority. for a report about a GHG well, 6 months after its completion For subsection (1) , the information or report required to be given or kept may be— exploration data; or opinions, conclusions, technical consolidations and advanced interpretations based on exploration data; or other information or a report prescribed by regulation. A requirement under subsection (1) (b) may state— a format required for giving the information; and a degree of precision required for the giving of the information. A person of whom a requirement under subsection (1) has been made must comply with the requirement. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. In this section— information includes documents, records and samples. s 257 amd 2010 No. 31 s 509 ; 2024 No. 33 s 36 (sec.257-ssec.1) A regulation or the chief executive may for the services of the State require a GHG authority holder to— keep in a stated way stated information or types of information about authorised activities carried out under the GHG authority; or in a stated digital format give the chief executive a notice in the approved form giving stated information or types of information or stated reports at stated times or intervals about authorised activities carried out under the GHG authority. for a report about a GHG well, 6 months after its completion (sec.257-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , the information or report required to be given or kept may be— exploration data; or opinions, conclusions, technical consolidations and advanced interpretations based on exploration data; or other information or a report prescribed by regulation. (sec.257-ssec.3) A requirement under subsection (1) (b) may state— a format required for giving the information; and a degree of precision required for the giving of the information. (sec.257-ssec.4) A person of whom a requirement under subsection (1) has been made must comply with the requirement. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.257-ssec.5) In this section— information includes documents, records and samples.
- (a) keep in a stated way stated information or types of information about authorised activities carried out under the GHG authority; or Example of a way of keeping information— in a stated digital format
- (b) give the chief executive a notice in the approved form giving stated information or types of information or stated reports at stated times or intervals about authorised activities carried out under the GHG authority. Example of a stated time— for a report about a GHG well, 6 months after its completion