67—Acceptance or rejection of a safety case
(1) The Safety
Authority 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 regulations 46 to 63 (as applicable) 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 regulation 64; and
(d) in a
case in which the Safety Authority has requested a validation of the
facility—
(i)
the person, or each person, undertaking the validation
meets the criteria specified in regulation 81(5); and
(ii)
the validation complies with regulation 81.
(2) If a safety case
is submitted for more than one stage in the life of the facility, the Safety
Authority may accept the safety case for one or more stages in the life of the
facility and reject the safety case for one or more stages in the life of the
facility.
(3) If the Safety
Authority rejects a safety case because the Safety Authority is not satisfied
with any of the matters mentioned in subregulation (1), the Safety
Authority must give the operator a reasonable opportunity to change the safety
case and resubmit it.
(4) The Safety
Authority must reject the safety case if—
(a) the
Safety Authority has given an operator a reasonable opportunity to change and
resubmit a safety case; and
(b) the
operator resubmits the safety case; and
(c) the
Safety Authority is not satisfied with any of the matters mentioned in
subregulation (1).
(5) When accepting a
safety case for a facility, the Safety Authority may impose limitations or
conditions on the acceptance in respect of the facility or activities at the
facility.