(1)  Within 30 days after receiving a revised safety case, or a revised part of a safety case, the Safety Authority is to –

(a) notify the operator, in writing, that the Safety Authority has decided to –

(i) accept the revised safety case; or

(ii) reject the revised safety case; or

(iii) accept the revised safety case for one or more stages in the life of the facility, in respect of which the revised safety case was submitted, but not for every stage in the life of the facility; or

(iv) accept the revised safety case, or revised safety case for one or more stages in the life of the facility, subject to conditions or limitations; or

(b) notify the operator, in writing, that the Safety Authority is unable to make a decision about the revised safety case within that 30-day period and set out a proposed timetable for its consideration of the revised safety case.

(2)  A failure by the Safety Authority to comply with subregulation (1) in relation to a revised safety case does not affect the validity of a decision by the Safety Authority to accept or reject the revision.