70Acceptance or rejection of a safety case

70 Acceptance or rejection of a safety case

(1) NOPSEMA must accept a safety case if—

(a) the safety case is appropriate to the facility and to the activities conducted at the facility; and

(b) the safety case complies with regulations 49 to 66 for each stage in the life of the facility in respect of which the safety case is submitted; and

(c) the safety case complies with regulation 67; and

(d) in a case in which NOPSEMA has requested a validation of the facility—

(i) the person, or each person, undertaking the validation meets the criteria specified in regulation 84(5); and

(ii) the validation complies with regulation 84.

(2) If a safety case is submitted for more than one stage in the life of the facility, NOPSEMA may accept the safety case for one or more stages in the life of the facility and reject the safety case for one or more stages in the life of the facility.

(3) If NOPSEMA rejects a safety case because NOPSEMA is not satisfied of any of the matters mentioned in subregulation (1), NOPSEMA must give the operator a reasonable opportunity to change the safety case and resubmit it.

(4) NOPSEMA must reject the safety case if—

(a) NOPSEMA has given an operator a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit a safety case; and

(b) the operator resubmits the safety case; and

(c) NOPSEMA is not satisfied of any of the matters mentioned in subregulation (1).

(5) When accepting a safety case for a facility, NOPSEMA may impose limitations or conditions on the acceptance in respect of the facility or activities at the facility.