Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Submerged Lands) (Greenhouse Gas Injection and Storage) Regulations 2026

A GHG licensee must, at least once in each 5‑year period during which an approved site plan is in force in relation to an identified GHG storage formation specified in the licence —

review the site plan, taking into account the matters mentioned in regulation 32; and

decide whether the site plan should be varied.

The licensee must, within 30 days after making a decision under subregulation (1)(b), give the Minister written notice of the decision specifying —

the date of the decision; and

the reasons for the decision.

If the decision is that the site plan should be varied, the licensee must, within the period mentioned in subregulation (4), give the Minister a draft variation of the site plan.

For the purposes of subregulation (3), the period is —

the period ending 180 days after the date of the decision; or

if the Minister agrees in writing to a longer period — that longer period.

A licensee who contravenes subregulation (2) or (3) commits an offence.