Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations 2021
247GDecision on well operations management plan
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247G Decision on well operations management plan
(1) Within 30 days after a titleholder gives a well operations management plan to NOPSEMA, NOPSEMA must—
NOPSEMA may approve a well operations management plan to the extent that it deals with a particular stage of a well activity, but not to the extent that it deals with other stages.
(c) notify the titleholder in writing that NOPSEMA is unable to make a decision without further assessment of the plan.
(2) The acceptance of one or more parts of a well operations management plan is taken to be the rejection of any other parts of the well operations management plan that are not accepted by NOPSEMA.
(3) If NOPSEMA notifies the titleholder that NOPSEMA is unable to make a decision without further assessment of the plan, the notice must include—
(a) a description of any further information NOPSEMA requires to be included in the plan; and
(b) the date after which NOPSEMA will commence further assessment of the plan.
(4) The date specified under subregulation (3)(b) must give the titleholder a reasonable opportunity to modify or resubmit the plan.
(5) If NOPSEMA undertakes further assessment of the plan, NOPSEMA must, as soon as practicable—
(b) reject the plan.
(6) NOPSEMA may accept the well operations management plan subject to conditions.
(7) NOPSEMA must notify the titleholder in writing of the following matters as soon as practicable after making a decision—
(b) if the decision is to reject the plan, or to accept one or more parts of the plan—the reasons for the decision;
(c) if the decision is to accept the plan, or one or more parts of the plan—the date on which the accepted plan commences;
(d) if the decision is to accept the plan, or one or more parts of the plan, subject to a condition—the condition and the reason for making the acceptance subject to a condition.
(8) If NOPSEMA accepts the well operations management plan, or one or more parts of the plan, the accepted plan commences on the day notified under subregulation (7)(c).