South Australian Numbered Regulations South Australian Numbered Regulations117—Acceptance of a pipeline management plan
(1) The Minister must
accept the pipeline management plan only if—
(a)
there are reasonable grounds for believing that—
(i)
the plan is appropriate for the nature and proposed use
of the pipeline; and
(ii)
the plan complies with regulations 119, 120, 121, 122 and
124 for the stages connected with the life of the pipeline mentioned in
regulation 114 for which the plan is submitted; and
(iii)
the plan, or a part of a pipeline management plan in
force for the pipeline, complies with regulation 123; and
(b) the
Safety Authority has notified the Minister under regulation 136 that the
Safety Authority has accepted the pipeline safety management plan.
(2) If—
(a) the
Safety Authority has accepted the pipeline safety management plan only for one
or more specified stages connected with the life of the pipeline, but not for
all of the stages to which the pipeline management plan relates; and
(b)
there are reasonable grounds for believing the matters in
subregulation (1)(a) for each of those stages,
the Minister must accept the pipeline management plan only for those stages.
(3) If the Minister is
not reasonably satisfied that the pipeline management plan when first
submitted meets the criteria mentioned in subregulation (1), the Minister
must give the pipeline licensee a reasonable opportunity to change and
resubmit the plan.
(4) If, after the
pipeline licensee has had a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit the
pipeline management plan, the Minister is still not reasonably satisfied that
the plan meets the criteria mentioned in subregulation (1), the Minister
must refuse to accept the plan.
(5) Despite
subregulation (4), the Minister may do either or both of the following:
(a)
accept the plan in part for a particular stage connected with the life of the
pipeline mentioned in regulation 114;
(b)
impose limitations or conditions applying to the pipeline in respect of any of
those stages.
(6) The Minister must
give the pipeline licensee written notice of a decision by the Minister—
(a) to
accept the pipeline management plan; or
(b) not
to accept the plan; or
(c) to
accept the plan in part for a particular stage connected with the life of the
pipeline, or subject to the imposition of limitations or conditions.
(7) A notice of a
decision under subregulation (6)(b) or (c) must include—
(a)
advice of the decision and the reasons for it; and
(b) if
limitations or conditions are to apply to a stage connected with the life of
the pipeline—a statement of those limitations or conditions.
Subdivision 2—Contents of a pipeline management plan