Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009
sec.482Limited right of entry to comply with rehabilitation conditions
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sec.482 Limited right of entry to comply with rehabilitation conditions
This section applies if a relevant GHG well has been— decommissioned; and transferred to the State under section 269(3), as modified by section 456(4)(c). The decommissioning and transfer does not affect the application of the rehabilitation conditions to CTSCo. CTSCo may, after the decommissioning and transfer, enter the following land to the extent it is necessary to comply with the rehabilitation conditions— land on which the decommissioned relevant GHG well is located; other land it is reasonably necessary to cross for access to land mentioned in paragraph (a). In this section— decommissioned , in relation to a relevant GHG well, means— decommissioned from use under section 267(3), as it applied immediately before the commencement; or decommissioned from use under section 267(3), as modified by section 467(2). rehabilitation conditions means conditions 58 to 60 of the environmental authority, with the environmental authority number ‘EPPG00646913’, ended under the Environmental Protection Act , section 819 (1) (a) . s 482 ins 2025 No. 31 s 6 (sec.482-ssec.1) This section applies if a relevant GHG well has been— decommissioned; and transferred to the State under section 269(3), as modified by section 456(4)(c). (sec.482-ssec.2) The decommissioning and transfer does not affect the application of the rehabilitation conditions to CTSCo. (sec.482-ssec.3) CTSCo may, after the decommissioning and transfer, enter the following land to the extent it is necessary to comply with the rehabilitation conditions— land on which the decommissioned relevant GHG well is located; other land it is reasonably necessary to cross for access to land mentioned in paragraph (a). (sec.482-ssec.4) In this section— decommissioned , in relation to a relevant GHG well, means— decommissioned from use under section 267(3), as it applied immediately before the commencement; or decommissioned from use under section 267(3), as modified by section 467(2). rehabilitation conditions means conditions 58 to 60 of the environmental authority, with the environmental authority number ‘EPPG00646913’, ended under the Environmental Protection Act , section 819 (1) (a) .
- (a) decommissioned; and
- (b) transferred to the State under section 269(3), as modified by section 456(4)(c).
- (a) land on which the decommissioned relevant GHG well is located;
- (b) other land it is reasonably necessary to cross for access to land mentioned in paragraph (a).
- (a) decommissioned from use under section 267(3), as it applied immediately before the commencement; or
- (b) decommissioned from use under section 267(3), as modified by section 467(2).