Definition(s)
Greenhouse gas substance
Greenhouse gas substance means:
- carbon dioxide, whether in a gaseous or liquid state; or
- a prescribed greenhouse gas, whether in a gaseous or liquid state; or
- a mixture of any or all of the following substances:
- carbon dioxide, whether in a gaseous or liquid state;
- one or more prescribed greenhouse gases, whether in a gaseous or liquid state;
- one or more incidental greenhouse gas-related substances, whether in a gaseous or liquid state, that relate to either or both of the substances mentioned in subparagraphs (i) and (ii);
- a prescribed detection agent, whether in a gaseous or liquid state; so long as:
- the mixture consists overwhelmingly of either or both of the substances mentioned in subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and
- if the mixture includes a prescribed detection agent—the concentration of the prescribed detection agent in the mixture is not more than the concentration prescribed in relation to that detection agent.
Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation