Petroleum Pipelines Act, 2003 (Act No. 60 of 2003)NoticesPetroleum Pipelines Act: Rules, 2014Chapter 2 : Applications and Objections to Licence Applications8. Publishing of a notice of an application for a licence and the contents thereof |
| (1) | An applicant for a licence must only publish a notice of a licence application after: |
| (a) | it has received confirmation from the Energy Regulator in terms of Rule 7(4) that the application meets the application requirements and is accepted by the Energy Regulator; and |
| (b) | where applicable, it has been informed of the decision of the Energy Regulator regarding its application for the confidential treatment of information in its licence application. |
| (2) | The notice contemplated in Rule 8(1) must be in — |
| (a) | at least two newspapers circulating in the area of the proposed activity; and |
| (b) | in any two official languages. |
| (3) | The applicant must on the day of publication of the notice contemplated in Rule 8(1) above, forward copies thereof to the Energy Regulator to the addresses and numbers specified in Rule 2 of these Rules. |
| (4) | If the Energy Regulator deems it necessary considering the specific characteristics of an application, it may direct an applicant for a licence to publish the notice contemplated in rule 8(1) above, in more than one issue of a newspaper but not exceeding four or on more than one day but not exceeding six days. |
| (5) | A notice of a licence application published in terms of this Rule must comply with all requirements listed in section 17(2) of the Act and must — |
| (a) | state that the licence application will be accessible to members of the public — |
| (i) | for a period of 30 days from the date of publication of the notice of the application excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays and only during office hours; |
| (ii) | at the offices of — |
| (aa) | the applicant and must state the address, telephone number and the name of the contact person at the offices of the applicant; |
| (bb) | of the Energy Regulator at the address specified in Rule 2(a) of these Rules; |
| (iii) | on the website of — |
| (aa) | the applicant, where available; and |
| (bb) | the Energy Regulator; |
| (b) | state the application reference number issued by the Energy Regulator; |
| (c) | indicate that the Energy Regulator will disregard objections received after the closing date; and |
| (d) | state that — |
| (i) | persons who wish to lodge objections must do so by completing Form D which is available on the website of the Energy Regulator or at the offices of the Energy Regulator at the address specified in Rule 2(a) of these Rules; and |
| (ii) | objections must be delivered by hand or sent by registered post or sent electronically or sent by fax to the addresses and numbers specified in Rule 2 of these Rules. |