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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) REGULATIONS 2005 (NO 150 OF 2005) - REG 67

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.



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