Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
420Issue of site closing certificate—pre‑certificate notice
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420 Issue of site closing certificate—pre‑certificate notice
(a) an application for a site closing certificate has been made under section 414, 415, 416 or 418; and
(i) the Minister is satisfied that operations for the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into the identified greenhouse gas storage formation concerned have ceased; or
(ii) the Minister is satisfied that there have not been any operations for the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into the identified greenhouse gas storage formation concerned—
the Minister may give the applicant a written notice (called a pre‑certificate notice) telling the applicant that the Minister is prepared to issue to the applicant a site closing certificate in relation to the identified greenhouse gas storage formation.
See also section 426.
(2) If an application for a site closing certificate has been made under section 414, 415, 416 or 418, the Minister must make a decision on the application within 5 years after the application was made.