85Revision required by NOPSEMA

85  Revision required by NOPSEMA

NOPSEMA may require revision

 (1) NOPSEMA may give a titleholder a written notice requiring the titleholder to submit a proposed revision of a well operations management plan that is in force for a well in the title area if NOPSEMA considers that the plan no longer meets the criteria in section 81.

 (2) The notice must set out the following:

 (a) the matters to be addressed by the revision;

 (b) the reasons for requiring the revision;

 (c) the period within which the titleholder must submit the revision;

 (d) the effect of section 86.

 (3) Subject to section 86, the titleholder must submit the proposed revision of the well operations management plan within the period specified in the notice.

Note: NOPSEMA may vary the notice to specify a longer period under section 86.

Time does not run while objection subject to consideration

 (4) If a titleholder gives an objection to NOPSEMA under section 86, a day is not to be counted for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section if it is:

 (a) on or after the day the titleholder gave the objection; and

 (b) on or before the day on which NOPSEMA decides whether to accept or reject the objection.

 (5) A titleholder commits an offence of strict liability if the titleholder contravenes subsection (3).

Note: This subsection is a continuing offence under section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914. See section 237 of this instrument for the maximum penalty for each day that an offence under this subsection continues.

 (6) A titleholder is liable to a civil penalty if the titleholder contravenes subsection (3).

Note: This subsection is a continuing civil penalty provision under section 93 of the Regulatory Powers Act. See section 237 of this instrument for the maximum civil penalty for each day that a contravention referred to in this subsection continues.