sec.234Safety management system requirements

sec.234 Safety management system requirements

This section prescribes requirements for safety management systems. A safety management system must contain details of the following— the system’s safety objectives; the systems and procedures by which the objectives are to be achieved; the performance criteria to be met; the way in which adherence to the performance criteria is to be maintained. When a prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system is first put into effect or is modified, the entity must give the regulator— a copy of the safety management system in its current form; and a certificate in the approved form from an accredited auditor that verifies the safety management system has been assessed and validated to ensure the system comprehensively identifies and addresses the hazards and risks associated with the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the entity’s works; and any information the regulator reasonably requires to ensure that the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the entity’s works complies with the requirements of the Act . A prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system must provide for— auditing by an accredited auditor, at least once every year and at the expense of the prescribed electricity entity, of how the entity is giving effect to the safety management system; and submitting to the regulator an annual audit plan for the auditing mentioned in paragraph (a) ; and submitting to the regulator, after each annual audit, a certificate of the accredited auditor who conducts the auditing mentioned in paragraph (a) , stating the current level of compliance of the prescribed electricity entity with its safety management system; and giving the regulator, after the regulator’s consideration of an annual audit plan under paragraph (b) or of a certificate of an accredited auditor under paragraph (c) , the further information the regulator reasonably requires about the entity’s safety management system and how the entity is giving effect to the system. A prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system must also provide for— making modifications to the safety management system in accordance with the reasonable requirements of the regulator; and if reasonably required by the regulator, auditing by an accredited auditor, in addition to the auditing provided for under subsection (4) and at the expense of the prescribed electricity entity, of how the entity is giving effect to the safety management system. (sec.234-ssec.1) This section prescribes requirements for safety management systems. (sec.234-ssec.2) A safety management system must contain details of the following— the system’s safety objectives; the systems and procedures by which the objectives are to be achieved; the performance criteria to be met; the way in which adherence to the performance criteria is to be maintained. (sec.234-ssec.3) When a prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system is first put into effect or is modified, the entity must give the regulator— a copy of the safety management system in its current form; and a certificate in the approved form from an accredited auditor that verifies the safety management system has been assessed and validated to ensure the system comprehensively identifies and addresses the hazards and risks associated with the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the entity’s works; and any information the regulator reasonably requires to ensure that the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the entity’s works complies with the requirements of the Act . (sec.234-ssec.4) A prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system must provide for— auditing by an accredited auditor, at least once every year and at the expense of the prescribed electricity entity, of how the entity is giving effect to the safety management system; and submitting to the regulator an annual audit plan for the auditing mentioned in paragraph (a) ; and submitting to the regulator, after each annual audit, a certificate of the accredited auditor who conducts the auditing mentioned in paragraph (a) , stating the current level of compliance of the prescribed electricity entity with its safety management system; and giving the regulator, after the regulator’s consideration of an annual audit plan under paragraph (b) or of a certificate of an accredited auditor under paragraph (c) , the further information the regulator reasonably requires about the entity’s safety management system and how the entity is giving effect to the system. (sec.234-ssec.5) A prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system must also provide for— making modifications to the safety management system in accordance with the reasonable requirements of the regulator; and if reasonably required by the regulator, auditing by an accredited auditor, in addition to the auditing provided for under subsection (4) and at the expense of the prescribed electricity entity, of how the entity is giving effect to the safety management system.