Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulation 2021
sec.28Confidentiality periods for required information for GHG authorities
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sec.28 Confidentiality periods for required information for GHG authorities
For section 261 (2) of the Act , the confidentiality period for the required information mentioned in schedule 1AA , column 1— starts on the day the information is given to the chief executive; and ends on the day stated in schedule 1AA , column 2 for the information. However, there is no confidentiality period for a well abandonment report for a GHG well if— the report is to be made available to a person under section 261 (1) (b) of the Act ; and the person is the holder of a coal or oil shale mining tenement under the Mineral Resources Act ; and the GHG well was drilled in the area of the person’s tenement mentioned in paragraph (b) . Also, there is no confidentiality period for required information not mentioned in schedule 1AA . s 28 sub 2022 SL No. 112 s 70 amd 2025 SL No. 48 s 14 sch 1 (sec.28-ssec.1) For section 261 (2) of the Act , the confidentiality period for the required information mentioned in schedule 1AA , column 1— starts on the day the information is given to the chief executive; and ends on the day stated in schedule 1AA , column 2 for the information. (sec.28-ssec.2) However, there is no confidentiality period for a well abandonment report for a GHG well if— the report is to be made available to a person under section 261 (1) (b) of the Act ; and the person is the holder of a coal or oil shale mining tenement under the Mineral Resources Act ; and the GHG well was drilled in the area of the person’s tenement mentioned in paragraph (b) . (sec.28-ssec.3) Also, there is no confidentiality period for required information not mentioned in schedule 1AA .
- (a) starts on the day the information is given to the chief executive; and
- (b) ends on the day stated in schedule 1AA , column 2 for the information.
- (a) the report is to be made available to a person under section 261 (1) (b) of the Act ; and
- (b) the person is the holder of a coal or oil shale mining tenement under the Mineral Resources Act ; and
- (c) the GHG well was drilled in the area of the person’s tenement mentioned in paragraph (b) .