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Gas Act, 2001 (Act No. 48 of 2001)

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Gas Act Rules, 2009

Chapter 4 : Complaints, Investigations and Inspections

19. Inspection of and enquiry into licenced activities

 

(1) Licensees must, in accordance with the Act, permit an authorised person to, at all reasonable times, enter any property on which a licensed activity is taking place and inspect any facility, equipment, machinery, book, account or other document found thereat.

 

(2) The Energy Regulator must issue an authorised person with an authorisation permit similar to and reflecting information contained Annexure I.

 

(3) An authorised person must, upon request by an owner or operator of the facility or activity being inspected, show his or her authorisation permit to the person requesting it.

 

(4) Licensees must furnish the Energy Regulator with such information as the Energy Regulator may consider necessary for the proper application of the Act.

 

(5) A licensee may allow any authorised person to accompany it on any vehicular and airborne inspection of the licensee's property on which a licensed activity takes place.

 

(6) A licensee must provide appropriate health and safety equipment to an authorised person conducting an inspection.

 

(7) When an authorised person needs to remove books, accounts or other documents, they shall, where reasonably possible, take copies of such documents rather than the originals.

 

(8) If an authorised person removes - for further inspection - books, accounts or other documents or copies thereof from any property on which a licensed activity is taking place, then the authorised person must provide the licensee with a list of such books, accounts or other documents.

 

(9) The licensee must within 30 days of receiving the list contemplated in subrule (8) above, inform the Energy Regulator of the information in the list that it regards as non-generic, confidential, personal, commercially sensitive or of a proprietary nature, by completing the form specified in Annexure A and providing all information specified therein.

 

(10) Originals of documents contemplated in subrule 7 above, will be returned to the licensee within 30 days of removal thereof.