Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
421Matters to which the Minister must have regard—pre‑certificate notice
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421 Matters to which the Minister must have regard—pre‑certificate notice
(1) If the Minister is satisfied that there is a significant risk that a greenhouse gas substance injected into the identified greenhouse gas storage formation will have a significant adverse impact on—
(c) any activities being lawfully carried on, or that could be lawfully carried on, by way of the construction or operation of a pipeline; or
(d) the enjoyment of native title rights (within the meaning of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth)—
then, in deciding whether to give the applicant a pre‑certificate notice, the Minister must have regard to that significant risk.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters to which the Minister may have regard.