Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) NOPSEMA must accept a safety case if:
(a) the safety case is appropriate to the facility and to the activities conducted at the facility; and
(b) the safety case complies with Subdivisions A, B and C of Division 1 for each stage in the life of the facility in respect of which the safety case is submitted; and
(c) the safety case complies with Subdivision D of Division 1; and
(d) in a case in which NOPSEMA has requested a validation of the facility:
(i) the person, or each person, undertaking the validation meets the criteria specified in subregulation 2.40(5); and
(ii) the validation complies with regulation 2.40.
(2) If a safety case is submitted for more than 1 stage in the life of the facility, NOPSEMA may accept the safety case for 1 or more stages in the life of the facility and reject the safety case for 1 or more stages in the life of the facility.
(3) If NOPSEMA rejects a safety case because NOPSEMA is not satisfied with any of the matters mentioned in subregulation (1), NOPSEMA must give the operator a reasonable opportunity to change the safety case and resubmit it.
(4) NOPSEMA must reject the safety case if:
(a) NOPSEMA has given an operator a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit a safety case; and
(b) the operator resubmits the safety case; and
(c) NOPSEMA is not satisfied with any of the matters mentioned in subregulation (1).
(5) When accepting a safety case for a facility, NOPSEMA may impose limitations or conditions on the acceptance in respect of the facility or activities at the facility.