32Testing agencies and retailers to report non-compliant natural gas

32 Testing agencies and retailers to report non-compliant natural gas

32 Testing agencies and retailers to report non-compliant natural gas

(1) A testing agency must notify the Secretary without delay if the testing agency becomes aware of a test result showing the natural gas in a reticulator’s distribution pipeline is non-compliant natural gas.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—100 penalty units.

(2) A retailer who knows that non-compliant natural gas is being, or will be, conveyed through a reticulator’s distribution pipeline must notify the Secretary without delay.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—100 penalty units.

(3) A testing agency or retailer who gives notice orally must, within 7 days after giving the notice orally, give written notice of the matter to the Secretary.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—100 penalty units.

(4) A person must not, in purported compliance with a requirement made by the Secretary, give the Secretary information the person knows, or ought to know, is false or misleading.

Maximum penalty (subsection (4))—

(a) for a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—100 penalty units.