17Secretary may direct amendment of pipeline management plan

17 Secretary may direct amendment of pipeline management plan

17 Secretary may direct amendment of pipeline management plan

(1) The Secretary may direct a licensee for a pipeline to amend the pipeline management plan for the pipeline.

(2) For a pipeline management plan, the Secretary may give the direction if the Secretary is of the opinion that implementation of the plan or the pipeline management system for the pipeline—

(a) has resulted in a hazardous event, or

(b) may result in a hazardous event.

(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the grounds on which the Secretary may give a direction.

(4) The direction—

(a) must be given by written order, and

(b) must specify—

(i) the way in which the pipeline management plan must be amended, and

(ii) the time within which the plan must be amended.

(5) The licensee must—

(a) comply with the direction, and

(b) give the Secretary a copy of the amended pipeline management plan within 14 days after the plan is amended.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—10,000 penalty units and, for a continuing offence, a further 1,000 penalty units for each day the offence continues, or

(b) for an individual—2,000 penalty units and, for a continuing offence, a further 200 penalty units for each day the offence continues.

s 17: Am 2025 (675), Sch 1[14].