40Emergency preparedness

40 Emergency preparedness

(1)  The safety management system for gas infrastructure must specify a response plan designed to address all reasonably foreseeable emergencies which have been identified through the safety assessment referred to in regulation 23 .

(2)  The response plan must –

(a) ensure the safety of the public; and

(b) ensure the safety of persons likely to be at the gas infrastructure at the time of the emergency; and

(c) specify the performance standards to be used to ensure the continued safe operation and structural safety of the gas infrastructure; and

(d) provide for procedures to be implemented in case of emergencies; and

(e) specify adequate measures for escape drill exercises and fire drill exercises by persons at the gas infrastructure that ensure that those persons will be trained to function, in the event of emergency, with an adequate degree of knowledge, preparedness and confidence concerning the relevant emergency procedure; and

(f) ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that escape drill exercises and fire drill exercises are held in accordance with the gas infrastructure safety case relating to the gas infrastructure; and

(g) ensure that there is in place a command structure that applies in the event of any emergency; and

(h) ensure that the command structure and identity of all persons involved are clearly set out in a notice displayed in accordance with subregulation (3) ; and

(i) specify systems that are adequate to –

(i) shut down or disconnect, in the event of emergency, all gas infrastructure operations that could adversely affect the safety of the gas infrastructure; and

(ii) give appropriate audible and visible warnings of the shutting-down or disconnecting of those operations.

(3)  For the purposes of subregulation (2)(h) a notice must –

(a) be prominently displayed at the gas infrastructure; and