Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulations 2020
8Infrastructure owners and system operators
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8 Infrastructure owners and system operators
(1) For the purposes of these regulations, a person is an infrastructure owner of a storage system –
(a) if the person is the sole owner, or a joint owner, of the storage system; or
(b) where no other person can be identified as the owner or joint owner of a storage system, if the person is a landowner of the land on which the storage system is a fixture.
(2) For the purposes of these regulations, a person is a system operator of a storage system –
(a) if he or she manages the day-to-day operations of the storage system; or
(b) where there is no person who manages the day-to-day operations of the storage system, if the person is an infrastructure owner of the storage system.
(3) A landowner in respect of a storage system must keep the following records in relation to the storage system:
(a) contact details of each system operator of the storage system;
(b) contact details of each infrastructure owner of the storage system.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(4) A landowner in respect of a storage system must ensure that a record kept under subregulation (3) is made available for inspection by the Director within 10 days after the Director requests that the record be made so available.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(5) A person must, within 30 days after ceasing to be a landowner in respect of a storage system, notify the Director –
(a) that he or she is no longer a landowner in respect of the storage system; and
(b) of the contact details of any current landowner in respect of the storage system.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(6) A person who is, under this regulation, an infrastructure owner of a storage system, remains, for the purposes of these regulations, an infrastructure owner of the storage system until –