24Ceasing to operate pipeline

24 Ceasing to operate pipeline

24 Ceasing to operate pipeline

(1) Except with the consent in writing of the Minister and subject to compliance with such conditions, if any, as are specified in the instrument of consent, a licensee shall operate continuously the pipeline specified in his or her licence.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—1,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—200 penalty units.

(2) It is not an offence against subsection (1) if the failure of the licensee to operate the pipeline continuously—

(a) was in the ordinary course of operating the pipeline,

(b) was for the purpose of repairing or maintaining the pipeline,

(c) was in an emergency in which there was a likelihood of loss or injury, or

(d) was in compliance with a direction given under section 28 (1).

s 24: Am 1977 No 17, Sch 1; 1985 No 217, Schs 2 (13), 3 (1); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2021 No 34, Sch 5[10].