36Design, construction, installation, operation, maintenance and modification

36 Design, construction, installation, operation, maintenance and modification

(1)  The safety management system for gas infrastructure must specify effective means used or to be used by the licensee to ensure that the design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of the gas infrastructure and any modification of the gas infrastructure, including structural integrity –

(a) are adequate for the safety and safe operation of the gas infrastructure; and

(b) provide adequate means of achieving isolation of the gas infrastructure, or any part of the gas infrastructure, and pressure control and relief in the event of an emergency; and

(c) provide adequate means of gaining access for servicing and maintenance of the gas infrastructure and machinery and other equipment; and

(d) provide adequate means of maintaining the structural integrity and operation of the gas infrastructure; and

(e) take into account the results of the safety assessment, referred to in regulation 23 , for the gas infrastructure.

(2)  The safety management system for gas infrastructure must include a maintenance schedule indicating, among other things, the type and frequency of inspections, coating surveys and checks on cathodic protection devices.