sec.239Initial and modification audit requirements

sec.239 Initial and modification audit requirements

A prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system must provide that, if the entity proposes to give effect to a new system or to modify the system, the proposed system must be assessed and validated by an accredited auditor before it takes effect. The safety management system must also provide that the assessment and validation is to ensure the proposed system comprehensively identifies and addresses the hazards and risks associated with the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the prescribed electricity entity’s works. The safety management system must also provide that the prescribed electricity entity must give the regulator the following documents before the proposed system takes effect— the proposed system, as assessed and validated by the auditor; the auditor’s audit report; a certificate in the approved form from the auditor verifying that the proposed system has been assessed and validated as meeting the requirement stated in subsection (2) . In this section— audit report , for an assessment and validation of a safety management system, means a report by an accredited auditor about whether the system meets the requirement stated in subsection (2) . proposed modification , of a prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system, means a modification of the system the entity proposes to make, including a modification required by the regulator. proposed system means a proposed safety management system, including any proposed modification, that a prescribed electricity entity proposes to make and give effect to for the purpose of section 67 of the Act . (sec.239-ssec.1) A prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system must provide that, if the entity proposes to give effect to a new system or to modify the system, the proposed system must be assessed and validated by an accredited auditor before it takes effect. (sec.239-ssec.2) The safety management system must also provide that the assessment and validation is to ensure the proposed system comprehensively identifies and addresses the hazards and risks associated with the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the prescribed electricity entity’s works. (sec.239-ssec.3) The safety management system must also provide that the prescribed electricity entity must give the regulator the following documents before the proposed system takes effect— the proposed system, as assessed and validated by the auditor; the auditor’s audit report; a certificate in the approved form from the auditor verifying that the proposed system has been assessed and validated as meeting the requirement stated in subsection (2) . (sec.239-ssec.4) In this section— audit report , for an assessment and validation of a safety management system, means a report by an accredited auditor about whether the system meets the requirement stated in subsection (2) . proposed modification , of a prescribed electricity entity’s safety management system, means a modification of the system the entity proposes to make, including a modification required by the regulator. proposed system means a proposed safety management system, including any proposed modification, that a prescribed electricity entity proposes to make and give effect to for the purpose of section 67 of the Act .