21Loss detection procedures

21 Loss detection procedures

21 Loss detection procedures

(1) Within 60 days after becoming aware of any discrepancy detected by the loss monitoring system for a storage system, the person responsible for the storage system must ensure that action is taken—

(a) to investigate the discrepancy, and

(b) if the discrepancy cannot be attributed to anything other than a leak, to confirm the existence of a leak, and

(c) if the existence of a leak is confirmed, to identify the source of the leak and to stop the leak.

Note.

See also Part 5.7 of the Act for duties with respect to the notification of pollution incidents.

(2) If a leak is stopped under subclause (1)(c), the person responsible for the storage system must ensure that action is taken as soon as reasonably practicable to prevent the re-occurrence of the leak.

(3) The person responsible for a storage system must ensure that details of action taken under this clause are recorded.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units (in the case of an individual) and 400 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).