(1)  Within 28 days after a pipeline licensee submits a pipeline management plan, the Minister must –

(a) accept the plan under regulation 21 ; or

(b) refuse to accept the plan; or

(c) give written notice to the pipeline licensee stating that the Minister is unable to make a decision about the plan within the period of 28 days and setting out a proposed timetable for consideration of the plan.

(2)  A failure by the Minister to comply with subregulation (1) in respect of a pipeline management plan does not of itself invalidate a decision to accept or to refuse to accept the plan.

(3)  This regulation applies to a pipeline management plan resubmitted under regulation 21(2) in the same way as it applies to the plan when first submitted.