62Emergency communications systems

62 Emergency communications systems

(1) The safety case for a facility must provide for communications systems that, in the event of an emergency in connection with the facility, are adequate for communication—

(a) within the facility; and

(b) between the facility and—

(i) appropriate on‑shore installations; and

(ii) appropriate vessels and aircraft; and

(iii) other appropriate facilities.

(2) In particular, the safety case must provide for the communications systems of the facility to be—

(a) adequate to handle—

(i) a likely emergency on or relating to the facility; and

(ii) the operation requirements of the facility; and

(b) protected so as to be capable of operation in an emergency to the extent specified by the formal safety assessment relating to the facility required under regulation 49(2).