Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person may apply to the responsible Commonwealth Minister for the grant of a greenhouse gas search authority over a block or blocks, so long as none of the following is in force over that block or any of those blocks:
(a) a greenhouse gas assessment permit;
(b) a greenhouse gas holding lease;
(c) a greenhouse gas injection licence;
(d) a petroleum exploration permit;
(e) a petroleum retention lease;
(f) a petroleum production licence.
(2) An application under this section must specify:
(a) the operations relating to:
(i) the exploration for potential greenhouse gas storage formations; and
(ii) the exploration for potential greenhouse gas injection sites;
that the applicant proposes to carry on; and
(b) the block or blocks within which the applicant proposes to carry on those operations.
Note 1: Part 3.8 contains additional provisions about application procedures.
Note 2: Section 427 requires the application to be accompanied by an application fee.