Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009
sec.49Effect of ending of declaration of potential storage area
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sec.49 Effect of ending of declaration of potential storage area
This section applies if— all or part of the area of a GHG permit is a potential storage area; and the declaration of the potential storage area ends more than 12 years after the GHG permit originally took effect. If the declaration applied to a part of the GHG permit’s area, the part ceases to be included in the area. If the declaration applies to all of the GHG permit’s area, the permit ends. (sec.49-ssec.1) This section applies if— all or part of the area of a GHG permit is a potential storage area; and the declaration of the potential storage area ends more than 12 years after the GHG permit originally took effect. (sec.49-ssec.2) If the declaration applied to a part of the GHG permit’s area, the part ceases to be included in the area. (sec.49-ssec.3) If the declaration applies to all of the GHG permit’s area, the permit ends.
- (a) all or part of the area of a GHG permit is a potential storage area; and
- (b) the declaration of the potential storage area ends more than 12 years after the GHG permit originally took effect.