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PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 706 Requirement to report prescribed incident

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 706

Requirement to report prescribed incident

706 Requirement to report prescribed incident

(1) A regulation may prescribe for incidents happening at an operating plant or for incidents relating to a gas related device—
(a) the types of incidents (
"prescribed incidents" ) that must be reported to the chief inspector; and
(b) the way in which prescribed incidents must be reported.
(2) If a prescribed incident happens at an operating plant, the operator of the plant must ensure that the incident is reported to the chief inspector in the prescribed way.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(3) If a prescribed incident happens at a business other than at an operating plant and the prescribed incident relates to a gas related device, the person carrying on the business must ensure that the incident is reported to the chief inspector in the prescribed way.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(4) For subsections (2) and (3) , the incident must be reported—
(a) within the period prescribed under a regulation; or
(b) if no period is prescribed—immediately.
(5) A person is taken to have complied with subsection (2) or (3) if the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act , section 198 (1) , applies to the person and the person has complied with that subsection.