New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (CORROSION PROTECTION) REGULATION 2008 - REG 6

6 Approvals for corrosion protection systems

(1) An application for an approval must:

(a) be in the form approved by the Director-General, and

(b) be accompanied by the fee determined by the Director-General with respect to the application, and

(c) indicate any conditions that the applicant proposes be imposed on the operation of the corrosion protection system, and

(d) be accompanied by the results of interference tests that have been conducted by a tester appointed by the owner of the corrosion protection system concerned for the purpose of the application, and

(e) be accompanied by a certificate from the applicant stating that there are no foreign structures in the vicinity of the system concerned, or a certificate from the applicant identifying, as far as is reasonably practicable, all foreign structures that appear to be in the vicinity of the system concerned together with:

(i) statements from the owners of each foreign structure identified in the certificate to the effect that they do not object to the operation of the system, or

(ii) a declaration by the applicant that each owner of a foreign structure identified in the certificate was given an opportunity to object to the operation of the system and no such objection was made, and

(f) be accompanied by such other documentation as the approved form requires, and

(g) be lodged at the head office of the Department.

(2) The Director-General:

(a) may require an applicant to provide additional information within a specified time if of the opinion that the additional information would be relevant to consideration of the application, and

(b) may delay consideration of the application until the information is provided and, if the information is not provided within the time specified, may refuse to consider the application, and

(c) may require the applicant to further examine or test the system and to provide the results of the examination or test.

(3) After considering an application for an approval and the results of any examination and test of the system, the Director-General is to determine the application:

(a) by granting the approval, either unconditionally or subject to conditions determined by the Director-General, or

(b) by refusing the application.

(4) An approval remains in force (unless sooner cancelled) for the period (not exceeding 7 years) specified in the approval. An approval is not in force during any period it is suspended.

Note: When an approval for a corrosion protection system expires, a new approval must be applied for and obtained to operate the corrosion protection system.

(5) If the Director-General refuses the application, the Director-General must cause notice of the refusal, and of the reasons for the refusal, to be given to the applicant.

(6) An approval is to be in the form approved by the Director-General and is to be subject to such conditions as are prescribed by this Regulation and to such other conditions as the Director-General imposes on the approval at the time it is granted or under clause 7.