Petroleum Pipelines Act, 2003 (Act No. 60 of 2003)NoticesPetroleum Pipelines Act: Rules, 2026Chapter 5 : General Provisions19. Inspection of and enquiry into licensed activities |
| (1) | Licensees must, in accordance with the Act and at all reasonable times, permit an authorised person to 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) | NERSA must issue an authorised person with an authorisation permit similar to and reflecting the information contained in Form H. |
| (3) | An authorised person must, on request by an owner or operator of the facility or activity being inspected, show their authorisation permit to the person requesting it. |
| (4) | Licensees must furnish NERSA with such information as NERSA may consider necessary for the proper administration of the Act. |
| (5) | A licensee may allow any authorised person to accompany it on any vehicular or airborne inspection of the licensee's property on which a licensed activity takes place. |
| (6) | When an authorised person has to remove books, accounts or other documents, they shall, where reasonably possible, take copies of such documents rather than the originals. |
| (7) | 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. |
| (8) | The licensee must, within 30 days of receiving the list contemplated in sub-ule 8 above, inform NERSA of the information in the list that it regards as non-generic, confidential, personal, commercially sensitive or of a proprietary nature, by completing Form A and providing all information specified therein. |
| (9) | Originals of documents contemplated in sub-rule (7) above will be returned to the licensee within 30 days of removal thereof. |