39Requirements for carrying out notifiable excavation work—the Act, s 64C

39 Requirements for carrying out notifiable excavation work—the Act, s 64C

39 Requirements for carrying out notifiable excavation work—the Act, s 64C

(1) A person who proposes to carry out notifiable excavation work must make a request for information under the Act, section 64C within 30 days before the work is commenced, unless a request has been made by another person in relation to the work within that period.

(2) If gas pipelines information provided to a person contains a requirement that notice of proposed notifiable excavation work must be given, before the proposed work is commenced, to a network operator that owns underground gas pipelines near the proposed work—

(a) a person must not commence, or authorise the commencement of, the carrying out of notifiable excavation work unless the person has first given notice of the proposed work to the network operator, and

(b) a person must provide to the network operator information about the proposed work that is requested by the network operator.

(3) A person who carries out notifiable excavation work must, in carrying out the work, have regard to the following—

(a) information provided by the designated information provider or a network operator in relation to the location and type of underground gas pipelines in the vicinity of the work,

(b) other information provided to the person by the designated information provider or a network operator in relation to underground gas pipelines.

(4) In this section—

gas pipelines information means information provided by the designated information provider or a network operator in response to a request by a person under the Act, section 64C(1).