PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 392AX Proposed geothermal or GHG lease for which EIS approval given

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 392AX

392AX Proposed geothermal or GHG lease for which EIS approval given

(1) This section applies for a petroleum lease application if—

(a) before the making of the application, an approval under the Environmental Protection Act , chapter 3 , part 2 was granted for the voluntary preparation of an EIS; and

(b) the EIS is for a project that is, or includes, a proposed geothermal lease or GHG lease (the
"proposed lease" ) for land the subject of the application.

(2) The application must not be decided until—

(a) if no application is made for the proposed lease within 1 year after the granting of the approval—the end of that year; or

(b) if an application is made for the proposed lease within that year—that application is decided.