390Pipeline builder’s duties

390 Pipeline builder’s duties

(1)  This regulation applies to a person who intends to build a pipeline that will –

(a) cross into a public place; and

(b) be used to transfer a Schedule 11 hazardous chemical.

(2)  The person must ensure that, before the building of the pipeline commences, the regulator is given the following information:

(a) the name of the pipeline's intended owner and operator;

(b) the pipeline's specifications;

(c) the intended procedures for the operation, maintenance, renewal and relaying of the pipeline;

(d) any public place that the pipeline will cross;

(e) the intended emergency response procedures.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $1 250; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $6 000.

(3)  The person must ensure that the regulator is given the information in the following circumstances:

(a) before the pipeline is commissioned;

(b) before the pipeline is likely to contain a hazardous chemical;

(c) if there is any change in the information given under subregulation (2) , when the information changes;

(d) if part of the pipeline is to be repaired, before the pipeline is repaired;

(e) if part of the pipeline is removed, decommissioned, closed or abandoned, when the removal, decommissioning, closure or abandonment occurs.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $1 250; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $6 000.