335Applications under section 334

335 Applications under section 334

(1) An application under section 334 must be accompanied by—

(a) details of the applicant's proposals for work and expenditure in relation to—

(i) if there is a single identified greenhouse gas storage formation—the block or blocks, as the case may be, to which the identified greenhouse gas storage formation extends; or

(ii) if there are 2 or more identified greenhouse gas storage formations—the block or blocks, as the case may be, to which the identified greenhouse gas storage formations, when considered together, extend; and

(2) The application period for an application under section 334 is—

(a) the period of 12 months after—

(i) if there is a single identified greenhouse gas storage formation—the day on which the declaration of the identified greenhouse gas storage formation was made by the Minister; or

(ii) if there are 2 or more identified greenhouse gas storage formations—the earliest day on which a declaration of any of the identified greenhouse gas storage formations was made by the Minister; or

(b) such longer period, not more than 180 days after that day, as the Minister allows.

(3) The Minister may allow a longer period under subsection (2)(b) only on written application made by the permittee within the period of 12 months mentioned in subsection (2)(a).