364Authority may determine facility to be a major hazard facility—own initiative

364 Authority may determine facility to be a major hazard facility—own initiative

The Authority, on its own initiative, may determine that a facility is a major hazard facility if—

(a) the Authority becomes aware that Schedule 14 materials are present or likely to be present at the facility in a quantity exceeding 10% of their threshold quantity but not exceeding their threshold quantity; and

(b) the Authority forms the opinion that there is a potential for a major incident to occur at the facility, having regard to all or any of the following—

(i) the quantity or combination of Schedule 14 materials present or likely to be present at the facility;

(ii) the type of activity within the facility that involves those materials;

(iii) the land use and activities of occupancy in the area surrounding the facility.