334Requirement to provide written report about pipeline incident

334 Requirement to provide written report about pipeline incident

(1) If a reportable incident occurs in relation to a pipeline under a licence, the pipeline licensee must give the Minister an incident report either—

(a) as soon as practicable, but within 3 days after—

(i) the first occurrence of the incident; or

(ii) if the incident is not detected by the licensee at the time of its first occurrence—the detection of the incident by the licensee; or

(b) if the Minister specifies, in writing and within the period mentioned in paragraph (a), another period for giving the report—within that other period.

(a) the Minister has specified another period for giving the report under subregulation (1)(b); and

(b) it was not practicable for the licensee to give the report to the Minister within the specified period.

(3) In this regulation—

incident report means a report that includes—

(a) all the material facts and circumstances of the incident that the licensee is aware of or is able, by reasonable search and inquiry, to find out, including the following—

(i) the date, time and place of the incident;

(ii) the particulars of any loss or damage caused by the incident;

(iii) if petroleum or a greenhouse gas substance escaped from the pipeline or ignited—the amount of that substance and the measures taken to control the escape or fire;

(iv) the cause of the incident;

(v) the repairs (if any) carried out, or proposed to be carried out, on the pipeline; and

(b) the corrective action that has been taken, or is proposed to be taken, to prevent another incident of that kind;

reportable incident has the same meaning as in regulation 333.