Gas Act, 2001 (Act No. 48 of 2001)Chapter III : Gas Licences and Registration26. Contravention of licence |
| (1) | If a licensee contravenes or fails to comply with a condition of a licence or any provision of this Act, the Gas Regulator may serve a notice on such licensee in which the licensee is directed to comply with the condition or the provision of the Act within a reasonable period specified in the notice. |
| (2) | If a licensee fails to comply with a notice contemplated in subsection (1) the Gas Regulator may sit as a tribunal and, with due regard to section 10, decide on the matter and may impose a penalty of a fine not exceeding R2 000 000,00 per day for each day on which the contravention or failure to comply continues. |
| (3) | The Gas Regulator must consider the seventy of non-compliance in deciding the amount of any penalty. |
| (4) | Any person adversely affected by a decision of the tribunal contemplated in subsection (2) may bring such decision under appeal to the High Court. |
| (5) | The Minister may by notice in the Gazette amend the amount referred to in subsection (2) in order to counter the effect of inflation. |