Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered RegulationsSCHEDULE 1 (See r 34 (4))
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY AND
OPERATING PLANS
1 Description of gas pipeline system
A description of a gas pipeline system and its operation and maintenance must include—
(a) references to maps showing the location of the system's consumer connecting services and the procedures for gaining access to those maps; and
(b) a description of the engineering records that the gas pipeline operator maintains on the system.
2 Analysis of hazardous events
(1) An analysis of hazardous events must, consistently with the size and complexity of the gas pipeline system and the applicable codes of practice and Australian Standards—
(a) systematically identify hazardous events that might be expected to happen; and
(b) identify the potential causes of those events; and
(c) state the possible consequences of those events; and
(d) state operational, maintenance and organisational safeguards intended to prevent those events from happening or, if they happen, intended to protect operating staff, plant, equipment, the community and the environment.
(2) The operational and maintenance safeguards must include a maintenance schedule indicating, among other things, the type and frequency of inspections, coating surveys and checks on cathodic protection devices.
(3) An analysis of hazardous events should also take into account hazardous events happening during—
(a) the construction of a gas pipeline system; and
(b) the construction of extensions to an existing gas pipeline system; and
(c) the installation of consumer connecting services.
(1) The types of emergencies for which procedures are to be implemented include—
(a) fires, explosions, leaks and impacts (with particular reference to those caused by the activities of other persons); and
(b) natural disasters; and
(c) civil disturbances.
(2) A safety and operating plan must demonstrate that the gas pipeline operator has tested and proved the emergency procedures.
4 Gas quality and pressure standards
The gas quality standards and gas pressure standards to be applied must include—
(a) standards relating to the following:
(i) heating value;
(ii) relative density;
(iii) pressure of supply;
(iv) composition and purity; and
(b) any other gas quality standards stated in writing by the regulator for the gas pipeline system.
5 Procedures for ensuring that gas is malodorous
A safety and operating plan must—
(a) include the procedures to be implemented by the gas pipeline operator to ensure the gas conveyed or supplied is malodorous; and
(b) state the odoriferous substances to be used; and
(c) state the odour intensities.
6 Procedures for testing gas
(1) A safety and operating plan must include the procedures to be implemented by the gas pipeline operator to ensure the gas conveyed or supplied complies with the relevant gas quality and pressure standards and has the relevant odour intensity.
(2) A safety and operating plan must state the equipment to be supplied and maintained by or on behalf of the gas pipeline operator for the testing of gas and the places where the equipment is to be kept.
7 Reports to the regulator
A safety and operating plan must include a schedule of reports to be made to the regulator for the maintenance and safety aspects of the operation of the gas pipeline system.
A safety and operating plan must state the codes and standards that the gas pipeline operator intends to follow in the design, installation, operation and maintenance of the gas pipeline system.
9 Meters and regulators
(1) A safety and operating plan must ensure the meters and pressure regulators used in the gas pipeline system will be suitable for the supply pressure and the operating pressures of customers' systems and that they are installed so as not to interfere with metering accuracy.
(2) A safety and operating plan must require pressure regulators operating with an outlet pressure of over 35 kilopascals and any compensating devices to be sealed.
(1) A safety and operating plan may establish rules concerning the method in which the work involved in the connection of a consumer piping system to, or the disconnection of a consumer piping system from, the gas pipeline operator's gas pipeline system is to be done.
(2) The rules so established must be no less stringent than the code of practice or Australian Standard that is applied to any such work by these regulations.
A safety and operating plan must include such other provisions as are necessary to ensure the safe operation of the gas pipeline system and the quality of the gas conveyed through it.