65Pipes

65 Pipes

(1) The safety case for a facility that is—

(a) connected to one or more pipes; or

(b) proposed to be connected to one or more pipes—

that convey, or will convey, petroleum or greenhouse gas substance to the facility must specify adequate procedures for shutting down or isolating, in the event of emergency, each of those pipes so as to stop the flow of petroleum or greenhouse gas substance into the facility through the pipe.

(2) In particular, the procedures must include—

(a) effective means of controlling and operating all relevant emergency shut‑down valves for a pipe; and

(b) a fail‑safe system of isolating a pipeline in the event of failure of other safety devices for the pipe.

(3) The safety case for a facility must also specify—

(a) adequate means of mitigating, in the event of emergency, the risks associated with each pipe connected to the facility; and

(b) a frequency of periodic inspection and testing of pipe emergency shut‑down valves that can reasonably be expected to ensure that they will operate correctly in an emergency.

(4) In this regulation—

facility does not include—

(a) a well mentioned in clause 6(4)(a) or (b), or in clause 10(1)(b)(i) or (ii), of Schedule 3 to the Act; or

(b) plant and equipment associated with a well mentioned in any of those provisions; or

(c) a pipe or system of pipes mentioned in any of those provisions.