385Content of safety case

385 Content of safety case

(1) A safety case prepared under this Part must include the information specified in Schedule 17.

(2) The content of a safety case must demonstrate—

(a) that the safety management system provides a comprehensive and integrated management system of risk control measures in relation to major incident hazards and major incidents; and

(b) the adequacy of the risk control measures adopted under regulation 371 or reviewed and, if necessary, revised under regulation 379.

(3) The operator of a major hazard facility must include in the safety case a signed statement by which the operator certifies that—

(a) the information provided under clauses 3, 4 and 7.1 of Schedule 17 is accurate; and

(b) as a consequence of conducting a safety assessment, the operator has a detailed understanding of all aspects of risks to health and safety associated with major incidents; and

(c) the risk control measures adopted in accordance with regulation 371 are such as—

(i) to, so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminate or, if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate, to reduce so far as is reasonably practicable, the risk of a major incident occurring; and

(ii) in the event of a major incident occurring, to reduce so far as is reasonably practicable its magnitude and the severity of its consequences to persons both on-site and off-site; and

(d) the persons who participate in the implementation of the safety management system have the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to undertake their tasks and discharge their responsibilities in relation to the safety management system.

(4) A signed statement prepared under subregulation (3) must—

(a) if the operator is a body corporate
and its chief executive resides in Victoria, be signed by the chief executive; or

(b) if the operator is a body corporate and its chief executive does not reside in Victoria, be signed by the chief executive and by the most senior officer of the body corporate resident in Victoria.