Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) This regulation
applies if, under regulation 23, the Minister gives the Safety Authority
a copy of a pipeline management plan.
(2) The Safety
Authority must, within 21 days —
(a)
consider the pipeline safety management plan within the pipeline management
plan; and
(b)
decide —
(i)
to accept the pipeline safety management plan in full; or
(ii)
to reject the pipeline safety management plan; or
(iii)
to accept the pipeline safety management plan in relation
to one or more, but not all, prescribed activities to which the pipeline
management plan relates and refuse to accept the rest of the pipeline safety
management plan; or
(iv)
that it is unable to make a decision on the pipeline
safety management plan;
and
(c)
notify the Minister, in writing, of the Safety Authority’s decision and
the reasons for any refusal.
(3) The Safety
Authority —
(a) may
impose conditions on the acceptance of a pipeline safety management plan in
full or in relation to one or more, but not all, prescribed activities to
which the pipeline management plan relates; and
(b)
must, in the notice under subregulation (2)(c), include the conditions
imposed.
(4) If the Safety
Authority is unable to make a decision on the pipeline safety management plan,
the Safety Authority must include in the notice under
subregulation (2)(c) —
(a) a
proposed timetable for consideration of the pipeline safety management plan
that gives the pipeline licensee a reasonable opportunity to modify or
resubmit the pipeline safety management plan; and
(b) a
description of any further information the Safety Authority may require to
assist it to consider the pipeline safety management plan.