23Safety assessment

23 Safety assessment

(1)  A safety case for gas infrastructure must provide for a safety assessment which is to include –

(a) a description of the methodology used to identify and assess safety risks and investigations undertaken; and

(b) an identification of all hazards having the potential to cause an incident; and

(c) an identification of the potential causes of any incident; and

(d) a detailed and systematic assessment of risk, including the likelihood and consequences of an incident; and

(e) a description of technical and other measures undertaken, or to be undertaken, to reduce that risk to as low as is reasonably practicable.

(2)  The safety assessment must include copies of any reports arising from the studies and investigations undertaken for the purposes of the safety assessment.

(3)  The safety assessment must include assessment of risks that are likely to only become significant during construction of new gas infrastructure or a new part of gas infrastructure or under emergency conditions.