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Electricity Supply (Safety and Network Management) Regulation 2014
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#### 14 Network operators to review and modify safety management system
14 Network operators to review and modify safety management system
> > (1) A network operator must review and, if necessary, modify its safety management system—
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> > > (a) as soon as practicable after any significant change (including any significant incremental change) occurs in relation to the design, operation or maintenance of the network operator’s network, and
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> > > (b) in any case, at least once every 5 years (starting from the date by which the network operator is required to have a safety management system in place under clause 7).
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> > Maximum penalty—5,000 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) or 2,500 penalty units (in any other case).
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> > (2) In reviewing its safety management system, a network operator must take into account the primary objective of safety management systems.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this clause, a significant change, in relation to a network operator’s network, includes—
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> > > (a) any upgrade or modification in the engineering design of the network, and
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> > > (b) any other change in the safety risks to be managed by the network operator in relation to the network or in relation to the measures to be taken to manage those risks.
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> > (4) Nothing in this clause prevents a network operator from modifying its safety management system at any time.
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> **cl 14:** Am 2015 No 5, Sch 8.9 \[11\].