Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.40Maintaining and improving emergency response capability
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sec.40 Maintaining and improving emergency response capability
The site senior executive for a mine must ensure the mine’s emergency response facilities and equipment are inspected regularly and maintained in a fully operational condition. The site senior executive for a mine must also ensure the mine’s emergency response plan is— tested and reviewed as often as appropriate, having regard to the nature and complexity of the mine’s operations, but at least once a year; and amended, if necessary, to achieve an acceptable level of risk. s 40 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 (sec.40-ssec.1) The site senior executive for a mine must ensure the mine’s emergency response facilities and equipment are inspected regularly and maintained in a fully operational condition. (sec.40-ssec.2) The site senior executive for a mine must also ensure the mine’s emergency response plan is— tested and reviewed as often as appropriate, having regard to the nature and complexity of the mine’s operations, but at least once a year; and amended, if necessary, to achieve an acceptable level of risk.
- (a) tested and reviewed as often as appropriate, having regard to the nature and complexity of the mine’s operations, but at least once a year; and
- (b) amended, if necessary, to achieve an acceptable level of risk.