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GAS SAFETY (SAFETY CASE) REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 44

Requirements for reporting of gas incidents

    (1)     For the purposes of section 36(1) of the Act, a gas company must report gas incidents in the form of a statistical summary on a quarterly basis.

    (2)     Despite subregulation (1), for the purposes of section 36(1) of the Act, a gas company must report a gas incident as soon as practicable after it occurs if the gas incident—

        (a)     involves a transmission pipeline; or

        (b)     causes the death of or injury to a person; or

        (c)     causes significant property damage; or

        (d)     causes significant disruption to the community.

    (3)     For the purposes of section 36(2) of the Act, a gas company must report a gas incident as soon as practicable after it becomes aware of the incident.

    (4)     The report of a gas incident under section 36 of the Act (other than a gas incident to which subregulation (1) applies) must specify, to the extent that the information is available to the gas company—

        (a)     the nature of the gas incident; and

        (b)     where and when the gas incident occurred; and

        (c)     the cause of the gas incident; and

        (d)     whether any emergency service attended the gas incident; and

        (e)     the remedial actions (if any) that were taken by the gas company; and

        (f)     the corrective actions that were taken or are proposed to be taken by the gas company to prevent a similar incident.



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