Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The Minister is
not to accept a pipeline management plan unless —
(a)
there are reasonable grounds for believing that —
(i)
the plan is appropriate for the nature and proposed use
of the pipeline; and
(ii)
the plan complies with regulations 27,
28, 29, 30 and 32 for each prescribed activity in respect of
which the plan is submitted; and
(iii)
the plan, or a part of a pipeline management plan in
force for the pipeline, complies with regulation 31;
and
(b) the
Safety Authority has notified the Minister under regulation 44 that the
Safety Authority has accepted the pipeline safety management plan.
(2) If —
(a) the
Safety Authority has accepted a pipeline safety management plan in relation to
one or more, but not all, prescribed activities in respect of which the plan
is submitted; and
(b)
there are reasonable grounds for believing the matters in
subregulation (1)(a) for each of those prescribed activities,
the Minister must
accept the pipeline management plan for those prescribed activities only.
(3) If the Minister is
not reasonably satisfied that a pipeline management plan when first submitted
meets the criteria mentioned in subregulation (1), the Minister must give
the pipeline licensee a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit the
plan.
(4) If, after the
pipeline licensee has had a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit a
pipeline management plan, the Minister is still not reasonably satisfied that
the plan meets the criteria mentioned in subregulation (1), the Minister
is to reject the plan.
(5) Despite
subregulation (3), the Minister may do either or both of the following in
relation to a pipeline management plan —
(a)
accept the plan in part for any particular prescribed activity in respect of
which the plan is submitted;
(b)
impose conditions applying to the pipeline in respect of any particular
prescribed activity in respect of which the plan is submitted.
(6) The Minister must
give the pipeline licensee written notice of a decision by the
Minister —
(a) to
accept a pipeline management plan; or
(b) to
reject a pipeline management plan; or
(c) to
accept a pipeline management plan in part for any particular prescribed
activity in respect of which the plan is submitted, or subject to conditions.
(7) A notice of a
decision under subregulation (6)(b) or (c) must include —
(a)
advice of the decision and the reasons for it; and
(b)
details of the conditions imposed.