30Acceptance or rejection of a safety case

30 Acceptance or rejection of a safety case

(1) The Safety Authority 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 Subdivisions A, B and C of Division 1 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 Subdivision D of Division 1; and

(d) in a case in which the Safety Authority has requested a validation of the facility:

(i) the person, or each person, undertaking the validation meets the criteria specified in subregulation 44 (5); and

(ii) the validation complies with regulation 44.

(2) If a safety case is submitted for more than 1 stage in the life of the facility, the Safety Authority may accept the safety case for 1 or more stages in the life of the facility and reject the safety case for 1 or more stages in the life of the facility.

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

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

(b) the operator resubmits the safety case; and

(c) the Safety Authority is not satisfied with any of the matters mentioned in subregulation (1);

the Safety Authority must reject the safety case.

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