Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Act 2015

Actions Commission may take following report of petroleum incident or notification of immediate danger

16. The following is substituted for section 13T (inserted by the Act of 2010) of the Act of 1999:

“13T. (1) The Commission may on its own initiative or following receipt of—

(a) a notification under section 13S(1) or (2) or a report under section 13S(3), appoint a petroleum safety officer to investigate the petroleum incident or the suitable measures taken, or

(b) a confidential report under section 13GA(3)(e), appoint a petroleum safety officer to investigate the concerns.

(2) Where the Commission receives—

(a) a notification under section 13S(1) of a petroleum incident,

(b) a notification under section 13S(2) of suitable measures taken,

(c) a report under section 13S(3) in respect of a petroleum incident or suitable measures taken,

(d) a confidential report under section 13GA(3)(e) relating to offshore designated petroleum activities,

(e) a report by a petroleum safety officer of an investigation under subsection (1),

the Commission may issue to the petroleum undertaking, operator or owner concerned—

(i) an improvement notice,

(ii) a prohibition notice,

(iii) a notice requiring the operator or owner to revise its safety case, or

(iv) a notice that the Commission intends to revoke the relevant safety permit.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall limit the power of the Commission to issue a notice of a kind specified in that subsection in circumstances other than those referred to in this section.”.