New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (CORROSION PROTECTION) REGULATION 2008 - REG 8

8 Suspension and cancellation of approvals

(1) The Director-General may suspend or cancel an approval for a corrosion protection system on any one or more of the following grounds:

(a) that the corrosion protection system has been operated otherwise than in accordance with the approval or any condition to which the approval is subject,

(b) that the system has permanently ceased to operate,

(c) that the Director-General is of the opinion that the system is, or has been, causing unreasonable interference to a foreign structure,

(d) that the holder of the approval:

(i) has failed to provide access to the system or any supporting equipment, or

(ii) has failed to assist in the testing of the system as reasonably required,

(e) that any amount due and payable under this Regulation by the holder of the approval has not been paid.

(2) Before taking action under this clause, the Director-General must ensure that:

(a) notice of the proposed action is given to the holder of the approval, and

(b) the holder of the approval is given a reasonable opportunity to make submissions to the Director-General with respect to the proposed action, and

(c) any representations duly made by the holder of the approval are taken into consideration.

(3) Subclause (2) does not apply to the cancellation of an approval as a result of the system concerned having ceased to operate.