Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A pipeline
licensee for a pipeline for which a pipeline management plan is in force must
submit to the Minister a proposed revision of the plan as soon as practicable
after the occurrence of any of the circumstances mentioned in
subregulation (3).
(2) If a circumstance
mentioned in subregulation (3) occurs because the licensee proposes to
modify or decommission the pipeline, the licensee must not submit the proposed
revision before the licensee and Minister have agreed on the scope of the
validation of the proposal to revise the plan.
(3) A pipeline
management plan is to be revised in any of the following
circumstances —
(a) the
technical knowledge relied upon to formulate the plan is outdated so that the
plan no longer adequately provides for —
(i)
a matter mentioned in regulation 27, 28,
29, 30 or 32 in relation to a prescribed activity in respect of
which the plan was submitted; or
(ii)
a matter mentioned in regulation 31;
(b)
developments in systems for identifying and evaluating risks of significant
pipeline accident events, or risks to the integrity of the pipeline, make it
appropriate to revise the plan;
(c)
there are reasonable grounds for believing that a series of proposed
modifications to the pipeline would result in a significant cumulative change
in the overall level of risk —
(i)
of significant pipeline accident events; or
(ii)
to the integrity of the pipeline;
(d)
there are reasonable grounds for believing that a proposed modification to the
pipeline would —
(i)
significantly influence the level of a particular risk of
a significant pipeline accident event or a risk to the integrity of the
pipeline; or
(ii)
significantly change the ranking of factors contributing
to those risks;
(e) the
licensee proposes to significantly change a matter described, assessed or
demonstrated as required by regulation 29 for identifying, evaluating and
managing risks —
(i)
of significant pipeline accident events; or
(ii)
to the integrity of the pipeline;
(f) the
compositions of petroleum conveyed in the pipeline are different from the
compositions contemplated in the plan;
(g) the
licensee proposes to modify or decommission the pipeline and the plan does not
provide, or adequately provide, for the proposed modification or
decommissioning of the pipeline;
(h)
developments in environmental conditions that affect design conditions make it
appropriate to revise the plan.