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PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 697 Installers

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 697

Installers

697 Installers

(1) If a safety requirement applies to a type of plant or equipment, a person must not install plant or equipment of that type at an operating plant, or proposed operating plant, unless the installation complies with the safety requirement.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
Note—
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
(2) If the person is or becomes, aware of a safety risk in relation to the plant or equipment or the installation before the plant or equipment becomes operational, the person—
(a) must not operate the plant or equipment; and
(b) must give the operator of the operating plant, or proposed operating plant, notice of the safety risk.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
Note—
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
(3) The person must, before making the plant or equipment operational, certify that the installation complies with all relevant safety requirements.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.
Note—
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
(4) In this section—


"operator" , of a proposed operating plant, means the person who will be the operator of the plant when it becomes operational.