444Rights conferred by greenhouse gas special authority

444 Rights conferred by greenhouse gas special authority

(1) A greenhouse gas special authority authorises the registered holder, in accordance with the conditions (if any) to which the authority is subject, to carry on, in the authority area, the operations specified in the authority.

(2) A greenhouse gas special authority does not authorise the registered holder to make a well.

S. 444(2A) inserted by No. 64/2012 s. 67.

(2A) However, a greenhouse gas special authority authorises the registered holder to make a deviation well that enters—

(a) an adjacent permit area that is the subject of a greenhouse gas assessment permit held by the registered holder; or

(b) an adjacent lease area that is the subject of a greenhouse gas holding lease held by the registered holder; or

(c) an adjacent licence area that is the subject of a greenhouse gas injection licence held by the registered holder.