14Network operator must review and modify safety management system

14 Network operator must review and modify safety management system

14 Network operator must review and modify safety management system

(1) A network operator must review and, if necessary, modify the operator’s safety management system—

(a) as soon as practicable after a significant change occurs in relation to the design, operation or maintenance of the operator’s network, and

(b) at least once every 5 years.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—5,000 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise—2,500 penalty units.

(2) A network operator must, when reviewing a safety management system, take into account the primary objective of safety management systems.

(3) Nothing in this section prevents a network operator from modifying the operator’s safety management system at any time.

(4) In this section—

significant change, in relation to a network operator’s network, includes—

(a) an upgrade or modification in the engineering design of the network, and

(b) a series of incremental changes to the design, operation or maintenance of the network that, when aggregated, are significant, and

Examples—

(a) community batteries

(b) virtual power plants

(c) another 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 the risks.