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Petroleum Pipelines Act, 2003 (Act No. 60 of 2003)

Chapter 3 : Licences

25. Contraventions

 

 

(1) If a licensee contravenes or fails to comply with a condition of a licence or any provision of this Act, the Authority 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 Authority may sit as a tribunal and, with due regard to section 10, decide on the matter and may impose a penalty or a fine not exceeding R2 000 000 per day for each day on which the contravention or failure to comply continues.

 

(3) The Authority must consider the severity of the non-compliance when deciding the amount of any penalty.

 

(4) The Minister may from time to time by notice in the Gazette amend the amount referred to in subsection (2) in order to counter the effect of inflation.