57Safety management system requirements

57 Safety management system requirements (1) The holder of a manufacturing licence must, as soon as practicable after the licence is issued, establish and implement a safety management system to ensure that the manufacture of explosives under the licence is carried out as safely as practicable. (2) The licensee must ensure that the safety management system is described in a document that— (a) is comprehensible to people who use it; and (b) is readily accessible; and (c) sets out— (i) the safety objectives of the system; and (ii) the systems and procedures by which those objectives are to be achieved; and (iii) how the safety objectives are measured and maintained; and (d) includes the information and documents required by schedule 2 or, if the schedule requires information to be set out in a separate document, identifies the other document and states where it can be accessed; and (e) is communicated to each person involved in the implementation of the system, or otherwise affected by the system. (3) The safety management system must be prepared in accordance with schedule 2. (4) The licensee must ensure that the safety management system— (a) is implemented and enforced; and

(b) is reviewed and, if necessary, revised— (i) whenever a modification is made to the factory; or (ii) whenever an incident happens that must be reported under section 24 (Explosives incidents—reporting damage or injury); or (iii) whenever a change in the operation of the factory happens; and (c) is reviewed and, if necessary, revised at least every 5 years.