34Director may require submission of revised safety case

34 Director may require submission of revised safety case

(1)  The Director may at any time require a licensee to submit a revised safety case for gas infrastructure of the licensee.

(2)  The requirement must –

(a) be in writing; and

(b) set out –

(i) the matters to be dealt with by the required revision; and

(ii) the proposed date of effect of the revision; and

(iii) the grounds for the requirement.

(3)  The licensee of which the requirement is made may make a submission to the Director on all or any of the following grounds:

(a) that the revision should not occur;

(b) that the revision should be in different terms from the proposed terms;

(c) that the revision should take effect on a later date than the proposed date of effect.

(4)  The submission must –

(a) be in writing;

(b) state the licensee's reasons for the submission; and

(c) be made within 28 days, or such later period as the Director allows in writing, after notice of the requirement is received.

(5)  If a licensee makes a submission under this section, the Director must –

(a) accept the submission or part of the submission and vary or withdraw the requirement accordingly; or

(b) reject the submission.

(6)  The Director must give the licensee notice in writing of his or her acceptance or rejection of the submission and the reasons for it.