Electrical Safety Regulation 2026
sec.238Content requirements
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sec.238 Content requirements
A prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system must use a systematic approach to identify and address the hazards and risks associated with the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the prescribed electricity entity’s works. The safety management system must contain— details of the systems and procedures for— comprehensively identifying hazards and assessing risks; and developing and implementing effective risk controls; and setting safety performance targets; and ensuring safety performance targets are met by— monitoring safety outcomes against safety performance targets; and identifying and implementing corrective actions, if necessary; and monitoring and maintaining the performance of the system; and an explanation of how the systems and procedures mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) to (v) provide for a systematic approach to safety management. Also, the safety management system must provide for— modifying the system, if required by the regulator; and undertaking additional assessment by an accredited auditor, if required by the regulator; and any auditing of the safety management system under this division to be carried out at the prescribed electricity entity’s expense. (sec.238-ssec.1) A prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system must use a systematic approach to identify and address the hazards and risks associated with the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the prescribed electricity entity’s works. (sec.238-ssec.2) The safety management system must contain— details of the systems and procedures for— comprehensively identifying hazards and assessing risks; and developing and implementing effective risk controls; and setting safety performance targets; and ensuring safety performance targets are met by— monitoring safety outcomes against safety performance targets; and identifying and implementing corrective actions, if necessary; and monitoring and maintaining the performance of the system; and an explanation of how the systems and procedures mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) to (v) provide for a systematic approach to safety management. (sec.238-ssec.3) Also, the safety management system must provide for— modifying the system, if required by the regulator; and undertaking additional assessment by an accredited auditor, if required by the regulator; and any auditing of the safety management system under this division to be carried out at the prescribed electricity entity’s expense.
- (a) details of the systems and procedures for— (i) comprehensively identifying hazards and assessing risks; and (ii) developing and implementing effective risk controls; and (iii) setting safety performance targets; and (iv) ensuring safety performance targets are met by— (A) monitoring safety outcomes against safety performance targets; and (B) identifying and implementing corrective actions, if necessary; and (v) monitoring and maintaining the performance of the system; and