43Emergency communication systems

43 Emergency communication systems

(1)  The safety management system for gas infrastructure must specify communications systems that, in the event of an emergency, are adequate for communication –

(a) with any other locations across the gas infrastructure; and

(b) with any other gas infrastructure that may be affected by the emergency; and

(c) with the relevant fire authorities and emergency service authorities; and

(d) with any remote or isolated persons who may be affected by, or exposed to, conditions existing at the gas infrastructure.

(2)  In particular, the safety management system for gas infrastructure must provide for the communications systems to be –

(a) adequate to handle –

(i) a likely emergency in or relating to the gas infrastructure; and

(ii) the normal operational requirements of the gas infrastructure; and

(b) protected so as to be capable of operation in an emergency to the extent specified by the safety assessment for the gas infrastructure under regulation 23 .