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Page 1 of 67 MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, 2025

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40. (1) A person shall not repair, adjust or maintain a signalling equipment unless duly qualified.   
 
(2) A qualified person upon completion of any repair, adjustment or maintenance, shall ensure the 
intrinsic safety qualities of the electrical circuit have not in any way been impaired. 
 
Signalling equipment 
41. A person at a midstream and downstream petroleum facility or location shall not — 
(a) during the period on duty — 
(i) sleep, or 
(ii) consume alcoholic substances or hard drugs; 
(b)  be on duty while under the influence of alcoholic substances, narcotics or hard 
drugs; or 
(c)  be on duty without declaration of prescription medication being used, if any. 
 
Sleeping, drinking on duty 
42.  A person who is at any restricted area shall not — 
(a) smoke; 
(b) be in possession of prohibited items such as firearms, explosives, knives, or any 
other item the manager proscribes; 
(c) use any naked light; 
(d) make any fire, except in such places as may be set aside and notified by the 
manager for that purpose as being safe, for the prevention of fire outbreaks; or 
(e) use any communication or digital device that is not certified as intrinsically safe. 
 
Prohibition of smoking in 
restricted areas 
43. (1) A competent person shall be responsible for the observance of all safety measures at any 
facility or location where work is in progress and in particular, shall ensure that work does not 
— 
(a) start before essential safety measures are in place, or 
(b) continue if safety can no longer be assured. 
(2) A person who notices an unusual escape of — 
(a) petroleum liquids or gas from a pipeline or an installation, or 
(b) anything unsafe or likely to cause damage,  
Other safety measures