Gas Safety Act 2019

A proponent or licensee applying for a licence, or alteration to a licence, under the Gas Industry Act 2019 must provide the Director with a design basis or revised safety case under Division 2 of Part 3, that demonstrates compliance with any relevant determination and the standards and codes prescribed by the regulations.

Before submitting a design basis or revised safety case to the Director, the licensee must – undertake a safety management study or formal safety assessment as required by the prescribed standards; and ensure that the design basis, safety management study and formal safety assessment are independently certified by a person approved by the Director as conforming to any prescribed standard.

If the Director is not satisfied that a design basis, safety management study or formal safety assessment provides for the safe design, construction or operation of a pipeline, the Director may require the licensee to provide additional information.

A design basis or safety case may be submitted in stages.

A design basis or safety case may apply to more than a single piece of infrastructure.

The Director and the licensee applying for a licence, or amendment to a licence, must both comply with relevant gas infrastructure construction, commissioning and operation requirements prescribed in the regulations.

The Director must, if satisfied that the design basis or safety case has been prepared in accordance with this Act, the regulations for the safe construction or operation of gas infrastructure and the Director’s directions, provide the Regulator with a certificate stating that in the opinion of the Director the pipeline or pipeline facility has, or will have, the necessary ability to safely convey, or safely process, the regulated substance intended to be processed or conveyed under the licence.