sec.267Obligation to decommission

sec.267 Obligation to decommission

Subject to section 266 , the GHG tenure holder must ensure the well is decommissioned from use under this Act before— for a GHG lease—the GHG storage reservoir to which the well relates has no available storage capacity for any further injection for GHG storage; or for a GHG permit—the permit ends or the land on which the well is located ceases to be in the permit’s area. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. However, subsection (1) does not apply for land that, under section 48 (1) , ceases to be in the area of a GHG permit. For subsection (1) , the well is decommissioned from use under this Act only if— it has been plugged and abandoned in the way prescribed under a regulation; and any relevant requirements under the Water Act for the decommissioning of water bores have been complied with; and the GHG tenure holder has given the Water Act Minister a notice in the approved form about the decommissioning. s 267 amd 2010 No. 31 s 408 sch 2 pt 1 (sec.267-ssec.1) Subject to section 266 , the GHG tenure holder must ensure the well is decommissioned from use under this Act before— for a GHG lease—the GHG storage reservoir to which the well relates has no available storage capacity for any further injection for GHG storage; or for a GHG permit—the permit ends or the land on which the well is located ceases to be in the permit’s area. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. (sec.267-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply for land that, under section 48 (1) , ceases to be in the area of a GHG permit. (sec.267-ssec.3) For subsection (1) , the well is decommissioned from use under this Act only if— it has been plugged and abandoned in the way prescribed under a regulation; and any relevant requirements under the Water Act for the decommissioning of water bores have been complied with; and the GHG tenure holder has given the Water Act Minister a notice in the approved form about the decommissioning.

• (a) for a GHG lease—the GHG storage reservoir to which the well relates has no available storage capacity for any further injection for GHG storage; or
• (b) for a GHG permit—the permit ends or the land on which the well is located ceases to be in the permit’s area.
• (a) it has been plugged and abandoned in the way prescribed under a regulation; and
• (b) any relevant requirements under the Water Act for the decommissioning of water bores have been complied with; and
• (c) the GHG tenure holder has given the Water Act Minister a notice in the approved form about the decommissioning.