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Miscellaneous amendments - Act of 1999
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21. The Act of 1999 is amended—
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(a) in section 13K(2), by deleting paragraph (e),
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(b) in section 13R—
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(i) in subsection (1), by substituting “an operator or owner”, for “a petroleum undertaking”, and
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(ii) in subsection (3), by substituting “the operator or owner concerned” for “petroleum undertaking concerned”,
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(c) in section 13W(5) (b), by substituting for subparagraph (i) the following:
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“(i) the licensed area to which subparagraph (i) or (ii) or both of paragraph (a) of the definition of ‘licensed area’ relates, or”,
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(d) in section 13X—
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(i) in subsection (2), by inserting “, operator or owner” after “the petroleum undertaking”, and
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(ii) in subsection (3), by inserting “, an operator or owner” after “a petroleum undertaking”,
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(e) in section 13AA—
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(i) by substituting for subsection (1) the following:
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“(1) Where the Commission is of the opinion that an activity being or likely to be, carried on by, under the control of or on behalf of a petroleum undertaking, an operator or an owner involves a substantial risk to safety, the Commission may serve a notice (in this Part referred to as a ‘prohibition notice’) on that petroleum undertaking, operator or owner.”,
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(ii) in subsection (6) (a), by inserting “or an operator or an owner” after “petroleum undertaking”,
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(iii) by substituting for subsection (7) the following:
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“(7) In considering an appeal against a prohibition notice, the Court shall take into account the general duties of petroleum undertakings, operators, owners and others.”,
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and
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(iv) by substituting for subsection (9) the following:
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“(9) A person who fails to comply with a prohibition notice commits an offence and is liable—
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(a) on summary conviction to a class A fine, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €3,000,000.”,
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and
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(f) in section 13AB(1), by substituting—
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(i) “the petroleum undertaking, operator or owner concerned” for “the petroleum undertaking concerned”, and
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(ii) “a petroleum undertaking, an operator or owner” for “a petroleum undertaking”.
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