PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 666
Validation test
PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 666
Validation test
666 Validation test
(1) This section applies if a service provider test has
been carried out for an affected party.
(2) The party may, by notice to the
service provider, require the provider to arrange for a test by any of the
following to work out whether the relevant meter is registering within its
tolerance for error (a
"validation test" )—
(a) an appropriately qualified person appointed by the
chief executive;
(b) an accredited National Association of Testing
Authorities (NATA) testing facility or an equivalent international facility;
(c) an international testing facility approved by the chief executive.
(3)
The notice must be accompanied by any reasonable fee required by the appointed
person or testing facility for the test.
(4) As soon as practicable after
receiving the notice, the service provider must—
(a) lodge a copy of it; and
(b) if the service provider is not the controller of the meter—give the
controller a copy; and
(c) arrange for the appointed person or testing
facility to carry out the test.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—50 penalty
units.
(5) The appointed person or testing facility must, as soon as is
reasonably practicable—
(a) carry out the test; and
(b) issue a meter test
certificate for the test that complies with section 663; and
(c) give the
service provider the certificate.
(6) The service provider must, as soon as
practicable after receiving the certificate—
(a) give a copy of it to the
affected party and, if the service provider is not the controller of the
meter, the controller; and
(b) lodge a copy of it.
Penalty—
Maximum
penalty for subsection (6) —50 penalty units.
