Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 - SECT 6

Meaning of serious situation

6. Meaning of serious situation

A serious situation exists in relation to an underground geological storage
formation if-

   (a)  a greenhouse gas substance that has been injected into an underground
        geological storage formation has leaked or will leak; or

   (b)  a greenhouse gas substance has leaked or will leak in the course of
        being injected into an underground geological storage formation; or

   (c)  a greenhouse gas substance injected into an underground geological
        storage formation has behaved or will behave otherwise than as
        predicted in the approved injecting testing plan or the approved
        injection and monitoring plan applying to that underground geological
        storage formation; or

   (d)  the injection or storage of a greenhouse gas substance into an
        underground geological storage formation has had or will have a
        significant impact on the geotechnical integrity of the whole or a
        part of a geological formation or geological structure; or

   (e)  the underground geological storage formation is not suitable for the
        permanent storage of a greenhouse gas substance as set out in the
        approved injection and monitoring plan.

Division 2-Objectives and principles