Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulations 2021
29Notifying reportable incidents
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29 Notifying reportable incidents
(1) A titleholder who undertakes an activity must, if there is a reportable incident, notify the reportable incident in accordance with subregulation (3).
(3) A notification under subregulation (1)—
(b) must be given as soon as practicable, and in any case not later than 2 hours after—
(i) the first occurrence of the reportable incident; or
(ii) if the reportable incident was not detected by the titleholder at the time of the first occurrence—the time the titleholder becomes aware of the reportable incident; and
(c) must be oral; and
(d) must contain—
(i) all material facts and circumstances concerning the reportable incident that the titleholder knows or is able, by reasonable search or enquiry, to find out; and
(iii) the corrective action that has been taken, or is proposed to be taken, to stop, control or remedy the reportable incident.
(4) As soon as practicable after the titleholder notifies a reportable incident, the titleholder must give a written record of the notification to the Minister.
(5) The titleholder is not required to include in the record anything that was not included in the notification.