Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01588:reg:2:p23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01588
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 23/32)
Character Range: 84715–87293

a safety case accepted for the facility, the operator must submit the safety case to NOPSEMA.
 (2) The safety case may relate to one or more stages in the life of the facility.
 (3) The safety case may relate to more than one facility.
 (4) The operator must not submit the safety case before the operator and NOPSEMA have agreed on the scope of the validation for the facility.
Note: For validation in relation to a facility, see section 2.40.
 (5) However, the operator may submit the safety case before the operator and NOPSEMA have agreed on the scope of the validation for the facility if the safety case is for a proposed facility that is:
 (a) proposed to be or is being constructed at a place outside NOPSEMA waters; and
 (b) proposed to be installed and operated in Commonwealth waters or in designated coastal waters of a State or the Northern Territory.
 (6) NOPSEMA may at any time inform the operator that it will not assess the safety case for the proposed facility unless the operator and NOPSEMA have agreed on the scope of the validation for the proposed facility.

2.25  NOPSEMA may request more information
 (1) If the operator of a facility submits a safety case to NOPSEMA, NOPSEMA may request the operator to provide further written information about any matter required by this instrument to be included in a safety case.
 (2) The request must:
 (a) be in writing; and
 (b) set out each matter for which information is requested; and
 (c) specify a period of at least 30 days within which the information is to be provided.
 (3) If the operator provides all information requested by NOPSEMA within the period specified:
 (a) the information becomes part of the safety case as if it had been included with the safety case as it was submitted to NOPSEMA; and
 (b) NOPSEMA must have regard to the information as if it had been so included.

2.26  Acceptance or rejection of a safety case
 (1) NOPSEMA must accept a safety case for a facility if:
 (a) the safety case is appropriate to the facility and to the activities conducted at the facility; and
 (b) the safety case complies with Subdivisions A, B and C of Division 1 of this Part for each stage in the life of the facility in respect of which the safety case is submitted; and
 (c) the safety case complies with Subdivision D of Division 1 of this Part; and
 (d) if NOPSEMA required a validation under subsection 2.40(1):
 (i) the validation established, to the level of assurance required by NOPSEMA, the matters (as appropriate) mentioned in subsection 2.40(4); and
 (ii) the person, or each person,