New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS (CLEAN AIR) REGULATION 2021 - REG 76

76 Specifications regarding monitoring

(1) The occupier of a petrol service station must ensure that a prescribed petrol dispenser is not operated unless it is also fitted with an automatic monitoring system that--

(a) is capable of detecting faults in the functioning of the required control equipment, and

(b) is capable of detecting faults in its own functioning, and

(c) provides a warning or alarm when a fault is detected, and

(d) automatically cuts off the flow of fuel from the petrol dispenser if the fault which is the subject of a warning or alarm is not rectified within 7 days, and

(e) is capable of recording the last--

(i) 1 year of data, and

(ii) 100 faults in the functioning of the required control equipment, and

(f) has been certified in the manner specified in the standards and guidelines as meeting the criteria set out in paragraphs (a)-(e).

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to a petrol dispenser at a petrol service station that has not had a throughput of 7 million litres or more of petrol at any time since being required to fit the required control equipment, if an adequately trained person on a weekly basis--

(a) carries out a manual test of the functionality of the required control equipment in the manner specified in the standards and guidelines for the purposes of this subclause, and

(b) inspects the vapour return lines for any torn, flattened or kinked hoses or any damaged seals, and

(c) records the test and the inspection in a log book.

(3) A petrol dispenser must not be operated after 7 days after a fault in the required control equipment or in the automatic monitoring system is identified until the fault has been rectified by a duly qualified person.

(4) For the purposes of subclause (3), a fault exists--

(a) in the functioning of the required control equipment if it ceases to meet the test of functionality specified in the standards and guidelines for the purposes of this clause, and

(b) in the automatic monitoring system if it fails to detect a fault in required control equipment that it is monitoring.

(5) In this clause--

"adequately trained person" means a person who has been trained to perform the check of the relevant required control equipment--

(a) in accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer or supplier of that equipment, or

(b) in a manner specified in the standards and guidelines for the purposes of this subclause.