Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
226Ceasing to operate pipeline without consent
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226 Ceasing to operate pipeline without consent
(1) A person who is a pipeline licensee in relation to a pipeline must not intentionally cease to operate the pipeline.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the failure of the licensee to operate the pipeline is—
(a) with the written consent of the Minister; and
(b) in accordance with the conditions (if any) specified in the consent.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the failure of the licensee to operate the pipeline was—
(a) in the ordinary course of operating the pipeline; or
(b) for the purpose of repairing or maintaining the pipeline; or
(c) in an emergency in which there was a likelihood of loss or injury.
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