333Requirement to give notice of pipeline incident

333 Requirement to give notice of pipeline incident

(1) If a reportable incident occurs in relation to a pipeline under a licence, the pipeline licensee must give notice (oral or written) of the incident to the Minister, a petroleum project inspector or a greenhouse gas project inspector, including all material details of the incident that are reasonably available to the licensee, as soon as practicable after—

(a) the first occurrence of the incident; or

(b) if the incident is not detected by the licensee at the time of its first occurrence—the detection of the incident by the licensee.

reportable incident means an incident—

(a) that—

(i) results in significant damage to a pipeline (for example, reducing the capacity of the pipeline to contain the substance flowing through it); or

(ii) is likely to have a result of a kind mentioned in subparagraph (i); or

(iii) is of a kind that a reasonable pipeline licensee would consider to require immediate investigation; and

(b) that is not a reportable incident within the meaning of Chapter 2.