New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

PIPELINES REGULATION 2005 - REG 37

37 Escape or ignition of substances

(1) Immediately after becoming aware of the uncontrolled escape of any substance from a pipeline, or the ignition of any substance being conveyed in a pipeline, the licensee must cause the Director-General to be notified of the escape or ignition by facsimile transmission or by telephone.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) Within 7 days after completing any repairs to the pipeline made necessary by the escape or ignition, the licensee must cause a written report to be sent to the Director-General giving full information as to:

(a) the time and place of the escape or ignition, and

(b) the approximate quantity of the substance that has escaped, and

(c) the damage, if any, that has resulted from the escape or ignition, and

(d) the conditions that caused or contributed to the escape or ignition, as they become known, and

(e) the nature and description of the repairs that have been carried out and the method that has been adopted to carry out the repairs.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3) The obligations imposed on a licensee by this clause extend to a person appointed by the licensee as a person-in-charge under this Regulation, but if either the licensee or the person-in-charge complies with the requirements of this clause, the other is excused from such compliance.