Skip to content

Section 31

Closure and post-closure obligations in relation to offshore storage

of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Act 2025

ActIn forceProvision 31 of 53
Section 31
(1)

No 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.

24

Act 870

(2)

After a storage site has been closed pursuant to subsection (1), an offshore operator shall remain responsible for—

(a)

monitoring the storage site and reporting monitoring results to the Agency;

(b)

any corrective measures;

(c)

any remediation measures; and

(d)

any other prescribed activities, until obligations in relation to the storage site is transferred to the Government pursuant to section 32.