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(b) during transportation of any carbon dioxide obtained through carbon capture;
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for matters relating to carbon capture, utilization and storage;
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“offshore area” means the seabed and subsoil of the seas of
Malaysia beyond three nautical miles from the baselines of each
State, including the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf;
“offshore assessment permit” means a permit issued by the
Agency under section 25;
“offshore geological assessment” means any technical assessment such as site characterisation studies, seismic surveys, drilling, and injection tests of any potential storage complex in offshore areas for the purposes of offshore storage;
“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;
“offshore storage” means any permanent storage of carbon dioxide in any offshore area;
“offshore storage licence” means a licence issued by the Agency under section 27;
“onshore area” means all land within each State of Malaysia and the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and
Labuan, including the foreshores up to three nautical miles from the baselines of each State;
“onshore assessment permit” means a permit issued by the
Agency under section 34;
“onshore geological assessment” means any technical assessment such as site characterisation studies, seismic surveys, drilling, and injection tests of any potential storage complex in onshore areas for the purposes of onshore storage;
“onshore operator” means a holder of an onshore storage licence who carries out the operation of a storage site, controls the storage site or controls the operation of the storage site, in onshore areas;
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“onshore storage” means any permanent storage of carbon dioxide in any onshore area;
“onshore storage licence” means a licence issued by the Agency under section 36;
“operation of a storage site” means any activity, function, task or matter undertaken or necessary to be undertaken to develop infrastructure for injection and permanent storage of carbon dioxide including all ancillary activities, and to operate the storage site in accordance with the offshore storage licence or onshore storage licence, pursuant to prudent carbon capture, utilization and storage practices;
“permanent storage” means the permanent containment of a carbon dioxide stream in a storage complex;
“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by way of regulations made under the provisions of this Act;
“remediation measures” means any measures taken to rectify any damage resulting from any leakage, unintended migration or other irregularity in a storage site;
“significant irregularity” means any irregularity of the operation of a storage site or the condition of the storage complex, which indicates the risk of a leakage or risk to the environment or human health;
“storage complex” means a defined volume area within a geological formation used for permanent storage and the surrounding geological domain which can have an effect on overall storage;
“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.