sec.60Meaning of major hazard facility

sec.60 Meaning of major hazard facility

A mine is a major hazard facility if— operations carried on at the mine involve, temporarily or permanently, a quantity of material (other than material in transit) exceeding the corresponding threshold or aggregate quantity for the material worked out under the major hazard facilities standard, schedule 1 ; and a hazardous materials emergency at the mine could pose an unacceptable level of risk to persons, property or the environment outside the mine. In this section— combustible liquid means a combustible liquid under the flammable and combustible liquids standard. flammable and combustible liquids standard means AS 1940 ‘The storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids’, as in force from time to time. hazardous material — A hazardous material is a substance with potential to cause harm to persons, property or the environment because of 1 or more of the following— the chemical properties of the substance; the physical properties of the substance; the biological properties of the substance. Without limiting paragraph 1, hazardous material includes all dangerous goods, combustible liquids and chemicals. hazardous materials emergency , at a mine, means a situation involving hazardous materials or suspected hazardous materials at the mine that includes a loss of control, or an imminent risk of loss of control, of the materials or a loss of control of anything that may impact on the materials if the loss of control causes, or the loss of control or imminent risk of loss of control has the potential to cause, material harm to persons, property or the environment. (sec.60-ssec.1) A mine is a major hazard facility if— operations carried on at the mine involve, temporarily or permanently, a quantity of material (other than material in transit) exceeding the corresponding threshold or aggregate quantity for the material worked out under the major hazard facilities standard, schedule 1 ; and a hazardous materials emergency at the mine could pose an unacceptable level of risk to persons, property or the environment outside the mine. (sec.60-ssec.2) In this section— combustible liquid means a combustible liquid under the flammable and combustible liquids standard. flammable and combustible liquids standard means AS 1940 ‘The storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids’, as in force from time to time. hazardous material — A hazardous material is a substance with potential to cause harm to persons, property or the environment because of 1 or more of the following— the chemical properties of the substance; the physical properties of the substance; the biological properties of the substance. Without limiting paragraph 1, hazardous material includes all dangerous goods, combustible liquids and chemicals. hazardous materials emergency , at a mine, means a situation involving hazardous materials or suspected hazardous materials at the mine that includes a loss of control, or an imminent risk of loss of control, of the materials or a loss of control of anything that may impact on the materials if the loss of control causes, or the loss of control or imminent risk of loss of control has the potential to cause, material harm to persons, property or the environment.