Pipelines Amendment Regulation 2007 (NSW)

2007 No 509

New South Wales

Pipelines Amendment Regulation 2007

under the

Pipelines Act 1967

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Pipelines Act 1967.

IAN MACDONALD, M.L.C.,

Minister for Energy

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Pipelines Regulation 2005 for the following purposes:

(a)	to update a reference to an Australian Standard relating to pipelines,
(b)	to provide for annual reports to be submitted before 31 August each year rather than within 28 days after each anniversary of the grant of a licence under the Pipelines Act 1967,
(c)	to require the route of a pipeline for high-pressure gas and liquid petroleum to be marked in accordance with the Australian Standard AS 2885.1—2007, Pipelines— Gas and liquid petroleum—Design and construction.

This Regulation is made under the Pipelines Act 1967, including sections 27 and 69 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 146 of 12 October 2007, page 7742	Page 1
2007 No 509
Clause 1	Pipelines Amendment Regulation 2007

Pipelines Amendment Regulation 2007

under the

Pipelines Act 1967

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Pipelines Amendment Regulation 2007.

2 Amendment of Pipelines Regulation 2005

The Pipelines Regulation 2005 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

2007 No 509

Pipelines Amendment Regulation 2007

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 3 Definitions

Omit “AS 2885.1—1997” from the definition of AS 2885.1 in clause 3 (1).
Insert instead “AS 2885.1—2007”.

[2]      Clause 41 Annual report

Omit “Within 28 days after each anniversary of the grant of a licence, the licensee must provide a written report to the Director-General that includes the following matters”.

Insert instead “A licensee must, in respect of each financial year during which the licence is in force, provide a written report to the Director-General in accordance with this clause that includes the following matters”.

[3]      Clause 41 (2), (3) and (4)

Insert at the end of the clause:

(2)	Each such report must be provided before 31 August immediately following the financial year to which the report relates.
(3)	A report provided by a licensee under this clause after the commencement of the Pipelines Amendment Regulation 2007 is not required to include information in respect of a period if that information was included in an earlier report provided by the licensee under this clause.
(4)	In this clause: financial year means a year ending on 30 June.

[4]      Clause 46 Marking of route of pipeline (section 27)

Omit clause 46 (1). Insert instead:

(1)

For the purposes of section 27 of the Act, the prescribed manner
in which the route of a pipeline must be marked is:

(a)	in the case of pipelines for high-pressure gas and liquid petroleum—in accordance with the relevant provisions of AS 2885.1, or
(b)	in any other case—in accordance with subclauses (2)–(4).

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