Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (PIPELINES) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 24

24 .         Time limit for acceptance or rejection of a pipeline management plan

        (1)         Within 28 days after a pipeline licensee submits a pipeline management plan, the Minister must —

            (a)         accept or reject the plan under regulation 25; or

            (b)         give written notice to the pipeline licensee stating that the Minister is unable to make a decision about the plan within the period of 28 days, and setting out a proposed timetable for consideration of the plan.

        (2)         A failure by the Minister to comply with subregulation (1) in relation to a pipeline management plan does not of itself invalidate a decision to accept or reject the plan.

        (3)         This regulation applies to a pipeline management plan resubmitted under regulation 25(3) in the same way as it applies to the plan when first submitted.