422Circumstances in which a pre‑certificate notice may be refused

422 Circumstances in which a pre‑certificate notice may be refused

(1) The Minister may refuse to give the applicant a pre‑certificate notice in relation to the identified greenhouse gas storage formation if—

(a) the Minister is not satisfied that the greenhouse gas substance injected into the identified greenhouse gas storage formation is behaving as predicted in Part A of the approved site plan for the identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or

(b) 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—

(i) the conservation or exploitation of natural resources (whether in the offshore area or elsewhere); or

(ii) the geotechnical integrity of the whole or a part of a geological formation or geological structure; or

(iii) the environment; or

(iv) human health or safety.

(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters to which the Minister may have regard in deciding whether to refuse to give the applicant a pre‑certificate notice.