Protection of the Environment Operations (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulation 2008
Current version for 29 May 2009 to date (accessed 23 May 2013 at 04:50)

13   Validation report to be prepared after tank removed or replaced

(1)  If the modification involves the removal or replacement of any tank, a modified storage system must not be commissioned unless a validation report for the storage site has been served on the relevant local authority:
(a)  except as provided by paragraph (b), no later than 60 days after the tank is removed or replaced, or
(b)  if remediation of the site is required, no later than 60 days after the remediation is completed.
(2)  A validation report referred to in subclause (1) must be prepared in accordance with EPA guidelines.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units (in the case of an individual) and 200 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).

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