sec.146BOff-site emergency plans

sec.146B Off-site emergency plans

In any case in which the commissioner has power to give a person a notice requiring information concerning any dangerous goods, the commissioner may by notice in writing require the person, within the time specified in the notice, to prepare and lodge with the commissioner a plan relating to those dangerous goods (an off-site emergency plan ). A notice may be given to a person under subsection (1) whether or not a notice has been given under section 146A or, where a notice has been given under that section, whether or not the person has complied with the notice. A person required by notice given under subsection (1) to prepare and lodge an off-site emergency plan is referred to in this part as the person responsible for the plan . An off-site emergency plan must provide for measures to be taken in preparation for a hazardous materials emergency or upon a hazardous materials emergency occurring so that danger that may thereby arise to any person who or property that is outside the premises to which the plan relates or to the environment is avoided or limited. s 146B (prev s 97) amd 1996 No. 42 ss 20 sch 1 , 21 sch 2 ; 2001 No. 76 s 24 (1) ; 2002 No. 60 s 19 ; 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 53 (2) (sec.146B-ssec.1) In any case in which the commissioner has power to give a person a notice requiring information concerning any dangerous goods, the commissioner may by notice in writing require the person, within the time specified in the notice, to prepare and lodge with the commissioner a plan relating to those dangerous goods (an off-site emergency plan ). (sec.146B-ssec.2) A notice may be given to a person under subsection (1) whether or not a notice has been given under section 146A or, where a notice has been given under that section, whether or not the person has complied with the notice. (sec.146B-ssec.3) A person required by notice given under subsection (1) to prepare and lodge an off-site emergency plan is referred to in this part as the person responsible for the plan . (sec.146B-ssec.4) An off-site emergency plan must provide for measures to be taken in preparation for a hazardous materials emergency or upon a hazardous materials emergency occurring so that danger that may thereby arise to any person who or property that is outside the premises to which the plan relates or to the environment is avoided or limited.