23Secretary may direct amendment of safety and operating plans

23 Secretary may direct amendment of safety and operating plans

23 Secretary may direct amendment of safety and operating plans

(1) The Secretary may, by written order, direct a network operator to amend a safety and operating plan, in the way and within the period of time specified in the order, if in the Secretary’s opinion—

(a) the safety and operating plan will not produce a safe outcome, or

(b) its implementation has given rise to, or will give rise to, an unsafe situation, or

(c) a change in the network operator’s gas network has given rise to, or will give rise to, an unsafe situation.

(2) A network operator must, as soon as practicable—

(a) comply with a direction made by the Secretary under this section, and

(b) provide a copy of the amended safety and operating plan to the Secretary within 7 days after complying with the direction.

Maximum penalty (subsection (2))—

(a) for a corporation—10,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—5,000 penalty units.