Gas Supply (Safety and Network Management) Regulation 2022
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25 Draft safety and operating plans
25 Draft safety and operating plans
(1) If a network operator is constructing a new gas network, the network operator must not construct, alter, extend, maintain, repair or operate the gas network except in accordance with a draft safety and operating plan for the gas network that has been lodged with the Secretary.
(2) The Secretary has the same powers under this Part in relation to a draft safety and operating plan as the Secretary has in relation to a safety and operating plan.
(3) This section does not affect the requirement under section 16 for the network operator to lodge a safety and operating plan with the Secretary.
(4) In this section—
draft safety and operating plan means a plan that complies with this Regulation in relation to the form and content, and review and availability, of a safety and operating plan but which has not yet been audited in accordance with sections 19–21.