Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulations 2020
13Loss monitoring for storage systems other than small storage systems
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13 Loss monitoring for storage systems other than small storage systems
(1) This regulation does not apply in relation to a small storage system.
(2) A system operator of a storage system must not allow the storage system to be in use unless a loss-monitoring procedure is carried out in respect of the system.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.
(3) A system operator of a storage system to which subregulation (2) applies must ensure that a system operator of the storage system, at least once each month –
(a) provides, to a person carrying out a loss-monitoring procedure in respect of the storage system, data of a suitable standard such that the person can produce a conclusive result as to whether the storage system is providing full and continuous containment; and
(b) receives the results of a loss-monitoring procedure carried out in respect of the system.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.