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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.639When measurement scheme must be revised
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### sec.639 When measurement scheme must be revised
The controller of a meter must appropriately revise the measurement scheme for the meter in any of the following circumstances—
the controller has installed, or proposes to install, a meter to which the scheme does not apply or that does not comply with the scheme;
the making or amendment of an Australian standard or other standard that makes it appropriate to revise the scheme;
the happening of an event relevant to the meter of which the controller is aware, or ought reasonably to have been aware;
a development in technical knowledge or hazard assessment
proposed modifications to the meter or activities under the scheme that make it appropriate to revise the scheme;
it is proposed to change competencies required for persons carrying out activities under the scheme;
the controller becomes aware of a significant anomaly in the scheme;
there is a likelihood of inaccurate measurements under the scheme.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
In this section—
revise means amend or remake.
s 639 amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1
(sec.639-ssec.1) The controller of a meter must appropriately revise the measurement scheme for the meter in any of the following circumstances— the controller has installed, or proposes to install, a meter to which the scheme does not apply or that does not comply with the scheme; the making or amendment of an Australian standard or other standard that makes it appropriate to revise the scheme; the happening of an event relevant to the meter of which the controller is aware, or ought reasonably to have been aware; a development in technical knowledge or hazard assessment proposed modifications to the meter or activities under the scheme that make it appropriate to revise the scheme; it is proposed to change competencies required for persons carrying out activities under the scheme; the controller becomes aware of a significant anomaly in the scheme; there is a likelihood of inaccurate measurements under the scheme. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
(sec.639-ssec.2) In this section— revise means amend or remake.
- (a) the controller has installed, or proposes to install, a meter to which the scheme does not apply or that does not comply with the scheme;
- (b) the making or amendment of an Australian standard or other standard that makes it appropriate to revise the scheme;
- (c) the happening of an event relevant to the meter of which the controller is aware, or ought reasonably to have been aware; Examples of an event— a development in technical knowledge or hazard assessment
- (d) proposed modifications to the meter or activities under the scheme that make it appropriate to revise the scheme;
- (e) it is proposed to change competencies required for persons carrying out activities under the scheme;
- (f) the controller becomes aware of a significant anomaly in the scheme;
- (g) there is a likelihood of inaccurate measurements under the scheme.