PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 697 Installers
PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 697
Installers697 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.