11Auditing of safety management system

11 Auditing of safety management system

11 Auditing of safety management system

(1) A network operator must ensure—

(a) audits of the operator’s safety management system are carried out by a system auditor—

(i) at the times directed by the Tribunal by written notice given to the operator, and

(ii) in accordance with this section, and

(b) a written report of the results of each audit, prepared by the system auditor, is given to the Tribunal as soon as practicable after the audit is carried out.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—10,000 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise—5,000 penalty units.

(2) The audit report must—

(a) address whether or not the safety management system—

(i) achieves, for the network operator’s network, the primary objective of safety management systems, and

(ii) is in accordance with AS 5577 and deals with the matters referred to in section 7(1)(b), and

(iii) is appropriate, having regard to the nature, size and complexity of the network operator’s network, and

(iv) is being properly implemented, and

(b) contain particulars of—

(i) the plans, policies, procedures and other documents contained in the network operator’s safety management system, and

(ii) modifications that should be made to rectify shortcomings of the safety management system, and

(iii) measures that should be taken to rectify a failure to properly implement the safety management system, and

(c) if a previous audit recommended modifications to rectify shortcomings of the safety management system or measures to rectify a failure to properly implement the safety management system—address whether the recommendations have been implemented and have addressed the identified shortcomings or failures.

(3) The Tribunal may direct that an audit relate to specified aspects of a network operator’s safety management system or the safety management system as a whole.