(1) A pipeline
licensee may, at any time, make an application to the Minister for the
variation of the pipeline licence.
(2) An application
under this section —
[(a) deleted]
(b)
shall be made in an approved manner; and
(c)
shall be accompanied by particulars of the proposed variation; and
(d)
shall specify the reasons for the proposed variation; and
(e)
shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3) The Minister may,
at any time, by instrument in writing served on a person who has made an
application under this section require him to furnish, within the period
specified in the instrument, further information in writing in connection with
his application.
(4) The Minister
shall, in a notice published in the Gazette of an application under this
section, specify a period within which a person may submit to the Minister, in
writing, any matters that he wishes the Minister to consider in connection
with the application.
(5) After considering
any matters submitted to him under subsection (4) the Minister may, by
instrument in writing, vary the pipeline licence to such extent as he thinks
necessary or may refuse to vary the pipeline licence.
[Section 71 amended: No. 12 of 1990 s. 196; No. 42
of 2010 s. 123.]