Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2025
20Further information about discovery assessment report
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20 Further information about discovery assessment report
(1) If a greenhouse gas titleholder gives the responsible Commonwealth Minister a discovery assessment report under section 19, the Minister may request the titleholder to provide further written information about any matter specified in subsection 19(2).
(c) specify the manner in which information is to be provided; and
(d) specify a period of at least 14 days, starting on the day the request is given, within which the information must be provided; and
(e) set out the effect of subsections (3), (4) and (5).
(3) A greenhouse gas titleholder must comply with a request under subsection (1).
Fault‑based offence
(4) A greenhouse gas titleholder commits an offence if the titleholder contravenes subsection (3).
Note: This subsection is a continuing offence under section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914. See section 237 of this instrument for the maximum penalty for each day that an offence under this subsection continues.
(5) A greenhouse gas titleholder is liable to a civil penalty if the titleholder contravenes subsection (3).
Note: This subsection is a continuing civil penalty provision under section 93 of the Regulatory Powers Act. See section 237 of this instrument for the maximum civil penalty for each day that a contravention referred to in this subsection continues.