Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1996 No. 298 PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY ON OFFSHORE FACILITIES) REGULATIONS - REG 7

7. (1) To apply for acceptance of a Safety Case in respect of a facility, the
operator of the facility must submit to the Designated  Authority for the
adjacent area a Safety Case that complies with the applicable provisions of
these Regulations.

(2) A Safety Case must:

   (a)  be in writing; and

   (b)  relate to a specific facility or proposed facility in:

        (i)    a specified location; or

        (ii)   2 or more specified locations; and

   (c)  subject to subregulation (3), relate to any ancillary unit that is or
        will be attached to, or operated in conjunction with, the facility or
        proposed facility.

(3) If an ancillary unit is to be operated in conjunction with 2 or more
facilities, the operator of those facilities may propose that the Safety Case
in respect of 1 of those facilities should apply in respect of the ancillary
unit.

(4) If the Designated Authority gives notice in writing to the operator of
acceptance of their proposal under subregulation (3), the Safety Case in
respect of the relevant facility applies to the ancillary unit, for the
purposes of these Regulations, as if the ancillary unit were part of that
facility.

(5) A Safety Case may be submitted in stages.