New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PIPELINES ACT 1967 - SECT 13B

13B Amendment of application for licence in other cases

(1) Where an application made under section 12 is pending, the applicant may, by instrument in writing served on the Minister:

(a) amend any of the particulars referred to in paragraph (c) of section 13 (1) which accompanied the application pursuant to that paragraph, or substitute for any of those particulars new particulars,

(b) alter:

(i) the route of the proposed pipeline, or

(ii) the situation of any proposed apparatus or works,

but only if the area in respect of which the application is made is not proposed to be varied by the inclusion of additional lands in, or the exclusion of lands from, that area,

(c) where particulars of any agreement referred to in paragraph (e) of section 13 (1) accompanied the application pursuant to that paragraph and that agreement has been varied or rescinded, or has been superseded by another agreement, amend those particulars by providing particulars of the variation, rescission or other agreement, as the case may be, or

(d) amend any matter set out in the application pursuant to section 13 (1) (h) or substitute for that matter any new matter.

(2) An instrument in writing relating to the alteration of the route of a proposed pipeline or of the situation of any proposed apparatus or works shall be accompanied by a plan showing the route or situation as altered, and on the service of that plan on the Minister, he or she shall cause the plan which accompanied the application in accordance with section 13 (1) (d) to be amended in such manner as may be indicated or warranted by reference to the first-mentioned plan or, if the case so requires, to be replaced by that first-mentioned plan.

(3) If the regulations so require, a copy of an instrument served on the Minister under subsection (1) must be served by the applicant on such public authorities as may be prescribed within such period as may be prescribed.

(4) The applicant must, if required to do so by notice in writing served on the applicant by the Minister, furnish:

(a) to the Minister, and

(b) to each public authority (if any) on which the applicant was required, by subsection (3), to serve a copy of an instrument under subsection (1),

within the time specified in the notice, further information in writing in connection with the application, as required by the notice.