Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The Minister is
not to accept the proposed revision of the pipeline management plan
unless —
(a)
there are reasonable grounds for believing that —
(i)
the revision 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 proposed revision is submitted; and
(iii)
the pipeline management plan, as revised by the proposed
revision, would comply with regulation 31; and
(iv)
in the case that the revision relates to a proposal to
modify or decommission the pipeline — a validation of the proposal is in
force;
and
(b) the
Safety Authority has notified the Minister under regulation 48 that the
Safety Authority has accepted the proposed revision.
(2) If —
(a) the
Safety Authority has accepted the proposed revision in relation to one or
more, but not all, prescribed activities to which the pipeline management plan
relates; and
(b)
there are reasonable grounds for believing the matters in
regulation 25(1)(a) for each of those prescribed activities,
the Minister must
accept the proposed revision for those prescribed activities only.
(3) If the Minister is
not reasonably satisfied that the proposed revision when first submitted meets
the criteria set out in subregulation (1), the Minister must give the
pipeline licensee a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit the proposed
revision.
(4) If, after the
pipeline licensee has had a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit the
proposed revision, the Minister is still not reasonably satisfied that the
revision meets the criteria mentioned in subregulation (1), the Minister
is to reject the proposed revision.
(5) Despite
subregulation (3), the Minister may do either or both of the
following —
(a)
accept the proposed revision in part for any particular prescribed activity to
which the pipeline management plan relates;
(b)
impose conditions applying to the pipeline in respect of any particular
prescribed activity to which the pipeline management plan relates.
(6) The Minister must
give the pipeline licensee written notice of a decision by the
Minister —
(a) to
accept the proposed revision; or
(b) to
reject the proposed revision; or
(c) to
accept the revision in part for a particular prescribed activity to which the
pipeline management plan relates, 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.