Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A pipeline licensee commits an offence if:
(a) a reportable incident occurs in relation to a pipeline under a licence; and
(b) the licensee does not give notice (oral or written) of the incident to the Titles Administrator or a NOPSEMA inspector including all material details of the incident that are reasonably available to the licensee, as soon as practicable after:
(i) the first occurrence of the incident; or
(ii) if the incident is not detected by the licensee at the time of its first occurrence--the detection of the incident by the licensee.
(2) In this regulation:
"reportable incident" means an incident:
(a) that:
(i) results in significant damage to a pipeline (for example reducing the capacity of the pipeline to contain the substance flowing through it); or
(ii) is likely to have a result of a kind mentioned in subparagraph (i); or
(iii) is of a kind that a reasonable pipeline licensee would consider to require immediate investigation; and
(b) that is not a reportable incident within the meaning of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2023 .