Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 - SECT 179

Consolidation of adjoining authorities

179. Consolidation of adjoining authorities



(1) In this section a reference to an authority does not include a reference
to a special access authorisation.

(2) This section applies if the same person holds 2 or more authorities of the
same type and each of the authority areas has at least one common boundary
with another of those authority areas.

(3) The person may apply to the Minister to have a single authority of that
type issued in respect of all of those authorities.

(4) The Minister may grant an application if he or she is satisfied-

   (a)  that the consolidation of the authorities will not affect the work
        programs being, or to be, conducted under each of the authorities in
        respect of which the application is made; and

   (b)  that the consolidated authority area will form one continuous parcel
        of land.

(5) An authority that is the result of the consolidation of 2 or more
authorities expires on the earliest date any of the authorities that have been
consolidated would have expired.