11   Nomination of persons to audit safety and operating plans

(1)  A network operator must give the Director-General a nomination in writing of a person as an auditor of its safety and operating plan at least one month before the person is first required to give a certificate in relation to the plan under this Part.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) and 25 penalty units (in any other case).

(2)  A person may not be nominated as an auditor under this clause unless the person is:

(a)  independent of the network operator, and

(b)  competent to exercise the functions of an auditor under this Regulation in respect of the network operator’s safety and operating plan.

(3)  If the Director-General advises a network operator in writing that a nomination is not accepted or is no longer acceptable, the nomination ceases to have effect for the purposes of this Regulation.