24Involvement of employees

24 Involvement of employees

(1)  The licensee responsible for gas infrastructure must demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Director that –

(a) in the development or revision of a safety case in respect of the gas infrastructure, there has been effective consultation with, and participation by, each class of persons involved with the gas infrastructure, including in particular relevant employees; and

(b) the safety case in respect of the gas infrastructure provides adequately for effective consultation with, and effective participation by, those classes of persons so that they are able to arrive at informed opinions about the risks and hazards to which they may be exposed at the gas infrastructure.

(2)  In this regulation, a reference to relevant employees is taken to be a reference to employees who are –

(a) identifiable before the safety case in respect of the gas infrastructure is developed; and

(b) working, or likely to be working, at the relevant gas infrastructure.