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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY ON OFFSHORE FACILITIES) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 37

37 .         Acceptance or rejection of a safety case

        (1)         The Safety Authority must accept a safety case if —

            (a)         the safety case is appropriate to the facility and to the activities that will, or are likely to, take place at, or in connection with, the facility; and

            (b)         the safety case complies with Division 2 Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 for each prescribed activity in respect of which the safety case is submitted; and

            (c)         the safety case complies with Division 2 Subdivision 4; and

            (d)         in a case in which the Safety Authority has requested a validation to be provided in respect of the facility —

                  (i)         the person, or each person, undertaking the validation meets the criteria specified in regulation 49(6); and

                  (ii)         the validation complies with regulation 49.

        (2)         If a safety case is submitted in relation to more than one prescribed activity, the Safety Authority may accept the safety case in relation to one or more prescribed activities or reject the safety case for one or more prescribed activities.

        (3)         If the Safety Authority rejects a safety case because the Safety Authority is not satisfied with any of the matters mentioned in subregulation (1), the Safety Authority must give the operator a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit the safety case.

        (4)         The Safety Authority must reject a safety case if —

            (a)         the Safety Authority has given an operator a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit the safety case; and

            (b)         the operator resubmits the safety case; and

            (c)         the Safety Authority is not satisfied that there is compliance with subregulation (1).

        (5)         When accepting a safety case for a facility, the Safety Authority may impose conditions on the acceptance in respect of the facility or activities at the facility.



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