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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM (SAFETY) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 382 OF 2009) - REG 2.34

Acceptance or rejection of a revised safety case

         (1)   The Safety Authority must accept a revised safety case if:

                (a)    the revised safety case is appropriate to the facility and to the activities conducted at the facility; and

               (b)    the revised safety case complies with Subdivisions A, B and C of Division 1 for each stage in the life of the facility in respect of which the revision is submitted; and

                (c)    the revised safety case complies with Subdivision D of Division 1; and

               (d)    in a case on which the Safety Authority has required a validation relating to a proposed modification:

                          (i)    the person, or each person, undertaking the validation meets the criteria specified in subregulation 2.40 (5); and

                         (ii)    the validation complies with regulation 2.40.

         (2)   If a safety case is revised in relation to more than 1 stage in the life of the facility, the Safety Authority may accept the revised safety case for 1 or more stages in the life of the facility and reject the revised safety case for 1 or more stages in the life of the facility.

         (3)   If the Safety Authority rejects a safety case because the Safety Authority is not satisfied as to any of the matters mentioned in subregulation (1), the Safety Authority must give the operator a reasonable opportunity to change the safety case and resubmit it.

         (4)   The Safety Authority must reject a revised safety case if:

                (a)    the Safety Authority has given an operator a reasonable opportunity to change and resubmit a revised safety case or a revised part of a safety case; and

               (b)    the operator resubmits the revised safety case or revised part of the safety case; and

                (c)    the Safety Authority is not satisfied with any of the matters mentioned in subregulation (1).

         (5)   When accepting a revised safety case for a facility, the Safety Authority may impose limitations or conditions on the acceptance in respect of the facility or activities at the facility.



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