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Gas Supply Act 1996
64DNotification of damage to underground gas pipelines
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#### 64D Notification of damage to underground gas pipelines
64D Notification of damage to underground gas pipelines
> > (1) A person must, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that any action of the person or any action authorised by the person has damaged an underground gas pipeline, notify the network operator that owns the pipeline of the damage.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for a corporation—5,000 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) for an individual—1,000 penalty units.
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> > (2) The regulations may make provision for the manner in which a person must notify for the purposes of subsection (1).
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> > (3) Subsection (1) does not require a person to notify the network operator of the damage concerned if another person to whom that subsection applies has already notified the network operator of the damage.
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> **s 64D:** Ins 2009 No 31, Sch 2 \[3\]. Am 2025 No 21, Sch 1\[24\].