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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.392BOApplication of provisions for resolving disputes about reasonableness of proposed provision
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### sec.392BO Application of provisions for resolving disputes about reasonableness of proposed provision
This section applies if a dispute exists between an operator to which section 392BN applies and an overlapping tenure holder about the reasonableness of a provision proposed by the tenure holder for the operator’s proposed safety management system.
Either party to the dispute may refer it to the chief inspector to decide whether the proposed provision is reasonable.
The referral must be written and be lodged.
Before deciding the dispute, the chief inspector must give each party a reasonable opportunity to lodge submissions about the dispute.
The chief inspector’s decision binds each party to the dispute.
The chief inspector must give each party an information notice about the decision.
The chief inspector’s decision is not, of itself, evidence that a safety management system, or purported safety management system, for an operating plant complies with section 675 .
s 392BO ins 2009 No. 3 s 554
amd 2011 No. 2 s 108
sub 2010 No. 31 s 549
amd 2014 No. 64 ss 220 , 256 sch 3
(sec.392BO-ssec.1) This section applies if a dispute exists between an operator to which section 392BN applies and an overlapping tenure holder about the reasonableness of a provision proposed by the tenure holder for the operator’s proposed safety management system.
(sec.392BO-ssec.2) Either party to the dispute may refer it to the chief inspector to decide whether the proposed provision is reasonable.
(sec.392BO-ssec.3) The referral must be written and be lodged.
(sec.392BO-ssec.4) Before deciding the dispute, the chief inspector must give each party a reasonable opportunity to lodge submissions about the dispute.
(sec.392BO-ssec.5) The chief inspector’s decision binds each party to the dispute.
(sec.392BO-ssec.6) The chief inspector must give each party an information notice about the decision.
(sec.392BO-ssec.7) The chief inspector’s decision is not, of itself, evidence that a safety management system, or purported safety management system, for an operating plant complies with section 675 .