Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Aug 2025 · Part VI · Assessment and Permanent Storage in Offshore Areas
31. Closure and post-closure obligations in relation to offshore storage
Feedback & supportNo storage site shall be closed and no closure certificate shall be issued by the Agency unless the prescribed conditions for closure have been complied with.
storage site
“storage site” means a storage complex, the geological formation between the storage complex and the surface projection of the storage complex, and any associated facilities and structures.
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After a storage site has been closed pursuant to subsection (1), an offshore operator shall remain responsible for—
offshore operator
“offshore operator” means a holder of an offshore storage licence who carries out the operation of a storage site, controls the storage site or controls the operation of the storage site, in offshore areas;
monitoring the storage site and reporting monitoring results to the Agency;
any corrective measures;
any remediation measures; and
any other prescribed activities, until obligations in relation to the storage site is transferred to the Government pursuant to section 32.