7CMeaning of “petroleum site operator”

7C Meaning of “petroleum site operator”

7C Meaning of “petroleum site operator”

(1) In this Act—

petroleum site operator of a petroleum site means—

(a) the petroleum site holder, or

(b) if the petroleum site holder has appointed, in accordance with the regulations, another person to be the petroleum site operator, that other person.

(2) The regulations may provide for the appointment of more than one petroleum site operator for a petroleum site (so that there are different petroleum site operators for different parts of a petroleum site) and for that purpose—

(a) a reference in this Act or the regulations to the petroleum site operator of a petroleum site includes a reference to the petroleum site operator of part of a petroleum site, and

(b) the functions of a petroleum site operator of a petroleum site are, in the case of a petroleum site operator of part of a petroleum site, functions in respect of that part of the petroleum site.

(3) The regulations may provide for the appointment of one person as the petroleum site operator for more than one petroleum site. In such a case all of the relevant petroleum sites are, for the purposes of this Act, to be treated as one petroleum site.

s 7C: Ins 2015 No 43, Sch 1 [12].