42Notice before withdrawal of acceptance

42 Notice before withdrawal of acceptance

(1) Before withdrawing the acceptance of a safety case for a facility, the Safety Authority must give the operator at least 30 days notice, in writing, of its intention to withdraw the acceptance.

(2) The Safety Authority may give a copy of the notice to such other persons as it thinks fit.

(3) The Safety Authority must specify, in the notice, a date (the cut-off date) on or before which the operator (or other person to whom a copy of the notice has been given) may submit to the Safety Authority in writing, matters that the Safety Authority should take into account when deciding to withdraw the acceptance.

(4) The Safety Authority must take into account:

(a) any action taken by the operator:

(i) to remove a ground for withdrawal of acceptance; or

(ii) to prevent the recurrence of a ground for removal of acceptance; and

(b) any matter submitted under subregulation (3) before the cut-off date.