(1)  The Minister may ask a pipeline licensee, in writing, to provide the Minister with reasonable grounds for believing that –

(a) in the development or revision of a pipeline management plan for a pipeline under the licence, there has been effective consultation with, and participation of, the classes of persons who –

(i) are identifiable before the pipeline management plan is developed; and

(ii) are working on, or in connection with, the pipeline, or are likely to be working on, or in connection with, the pipeline; and

(b) the pipeline management plan in force for the pipeline provides adequately for effective consultation with, and the effective participation of, those classes of persons, so that they are able to arrive at informed opinions about the risks to which they may be exposed through working on, or in connection with, the pipeline.

(2)  A pipeline licensee must, within 21 days after receiving a request under subregulation (1) , give the Minister written notice of those grounds.