Energy Pipelines Regulations 2001

(1) The Minister must accept the pipeline management plan if there are reasonable grounds for believing that:

(a) the plan is appropriate for the nature and proposed use of the pipeline;

(b) the plan complies with regulations 27, 28, 29, 30 and 32 for the stages mentioned in regulation 23 for which the plan is submitted; and

(c) the plan, or a part of a pipeline management plan in force for the pipeline, complies with regulation 31.

(2) If the Minister is not reasonably satisfied that the pipeline management plan when first submitted meets the criteria mentioned in subregulation (1), the Minister must give the pipeline licensee a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit the plan.

(3) If, after the pipeline licensee has had a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit the pipeline management plan, the Minister is still not reasonably satisfied that the plan meets the criteria mentioned in subregulation (1), the Minister must refuse to accept the plan.

(4) Despite subregulation (3), the Minister may do either or both of the following:

(a) accept the plan in part for a particular stage mentioned in regulation 23 for the pipeline;

(b) impose limitations or conditions applying to any of those stages for the pipeline.

(5) The Minister must give the pipeline licensee written notice of a decision by the Minister:

(c) to accept the plan in part for a particular stage for the pipeline or subject to the imposition of limitations or conditions.

(6) A notice of a decision under subregulation (5)(b) or (c) is to include:

(b) if limitations or conditions are to apply to a stage for the pipeline – those limitations or conditions.