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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.418Obligations relating to safety management study
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### sec.418 Obligations relating to safety management study
A pipeline licence holder must—
give the chief inspector notice of the holder’s intention to start a safety management study for a pipeline the subject of the licence at least 20 business days before the study starts; and
For other relevant provisions about giving the chief inspector documents, see section 851AA .
comply with any requirement prescribed by regulation about keeping a record relating to the study.
However, if the licence is an area pipeline licence, subsection (1) only applies for each initial pipeline mentioned in the licence.
An applicant for a pipeline licence may give a notice under subsection (1) (a) .
This section does not apply to the holder of a pipeline licence if the pipeline to be constructed is for transporting produced water.
In this section—
safety management study , for a pipeline, means a process that is carried out before construction of the pipeline starts to identify, and apply controls to, threats to the safety and integrity of the pipeline.
s 418 prev s 418 om 2014 No. 47 s 629
pres s 418 ins 2023 No. 25 s 23
(sec.418-ssec.1) A pipeline licence holder must— give the chief inspector notice of the holder’s intention to start a safety management study for a pipeline the subject of the licence at least 20 business days before the study starts; and For other relevant provisions about giving the chief inspector documents, see section 851AA . comply with any requirement prescribed by regulation about keeping a record relating to the study.
(sec.418-ssec.2) However, if the licence is an area pipeline licence, subsection (1) only applies for each initial pipeline mentioned in the licence.
(sec.418-ssec.3) An applicant for a pipeline licence may give a notice under subsection (1) (a) .
(sec.418-ssec.4) This section does not apply to the holder of a pipeline licence if the pipeline to be constructed is for transporting produced water.
(sec.418-ssec.5) In this section— safety management study , for a pipeline, means a process that is carried out before construction of the pipeline starts to identify, and apply controls to, threats to the safety and integrity of the pipeline.
- (a) give the chief inspector notice of the holder’s intention to start a safety management study for a pipeline the subject of the licence at least 20 business days before the study starts; and Note— For other relevant provisions about giving the chief inspector documents, see section 851AA .
- (b) comply with any requirement prescribed by regulation about keeping a record relating to the study.