58Warning placards and warning devices

58  Warning placards and warning devices

Warning placards

 (1) It is a condition that the licence holder must ensure that a sufficient number of warning placards, in relation to nuclear safety hazards and risks, are prominently displayed in the area in which the regulated activity is conducted.

 (2) It is a condition that the placards must be:

 (a) clearly legible by persons approaching the placard; and

 (b) separate from any other sign or writing that contradicts, qualifies or distracts attention from the placard; and

 (c) located:

 (i) as close as is reasonably practicable to the main entrance of each NNP facility or workspace involved in the activity; and

 (ii) at the entrance to each room or walled section in which NNP material or NNP equipment or plant involved in the activity is used, handled or stored; and

 (iii) on, next to, or at the entrance of, each container or outside storage area in which NNP material or NNP equipment or plant involved in the activity is stored or transported; and

 (iv) at each entrance where an emergency service organisation (within the meaning of the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011) may enter a NNP facility or workspace involved in the activity.

 (3) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must:

 (a) ensure that the placards remain accurate; and

 (b) ensure that the placards are:

 (i) kept clean; and

 (ii) maintained in good repair; and

 (iii) not covered or obscured.

Warning devices

 (4) It is a condition applying to both the licence holder and any other person authorised to conduct the regulated activity that the licence holder or other person must:

 (a) ensure that a sufficient number of warning devices are operational in the area in which the regulated activity is conducted, and during the conduct of the activity, to minimise nuclear safety risks; and

 (b) ensure that each warning device is positioned to ensure that the device will work to best effect; and

 (c) ensure that sufficient information, training and instruction is provided to persons in the area in relation to the use of the devices and responding to warnings; and

 (d) take all reasonable steps to ensure that the warning devices are used in accordance with that information, training and instruction.

Incident review

 (5) If a deficiency in the effectiveness or appropriateness of a warning placard or a warning device may have been a factor in an incident relating to the regulated activity, it is a condition that the licence holder must review the appropriateness and effectiveness of the warning placards or warning devices used at the site of the regulated activity.