35Titleholder may refer to information previously given

35 Titleholder may refer to information previously given

(1) A titleholder who, under these Regulations, is required to give the Minister information, or include information in a document, may refer to the information instead of giving it to the Minister or including it in the document if the information to be given or included is the same information given previously to the Minister for another purpose under the Act or the Regulations.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if the Minister advises the titleholder that the information is no longer available to the Minister.

(3) If the Minister has power to assess whether information is sufficient or adequate for a purpose, the Minister is not required to accept that information is sufficient or adequate for a purpose different from the one for which it was originally given.

Chapter 3—Safety

Part 3.1—Preliminary

40 Objects of this Chapter

(1) An object of this Chapter is to ensure that facilities are designed, constructed, installed, operated, modified and decommissioned in the offshore area only in accordance with safety cases that have been accepted by NOPSEMA.

(2) An object of this Chapter is to ensure that safety cases for facilities make provision for the following matters in relation to the health and safety of persons at or near the facilities—

(a) the identification of hazards and the assessment of risks;

(b) the implementation of measures to eliminate the hazards, or otherwise control the risks;

(c) a comprehensive and integrated system for management of the hazards and risks;

(d) monitoring, audit, review and continuous improvement.

(3) An object of this Chapter is to ensure that the risks to the health and safety of persons at facilities are reduced to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable.

(4) An object of this Chapter is to ensure that diving to which the Act relates is carried out in the offshore area only in accordance with diving safety management systems that have been accepted by NOPSEMA.

(5) An object of this Chapter is to ensure that diving safety management systems make provision for the following matters in relation to the health and safety of persons—

(a) the identification of hazards and assessment of risks;

(b) the implementation of measures to eliminate the hazards, or otherwise control the risks;

(c) a comprehensive and integrated system for management of the hazards and risks;

(d) monitoring, audit, review and continuous improvement.

(6) An object of this Chapter is to ensure that the risks to the health and safety of persons who carry out diving to which the Act relates are reduced to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable.