64Emergency preparedness

64 Emergency preparedness

(1) The safety case for a facility must—

(a) describe a response plan designed to address possible emergencies, the risk of which has been identified in the formal safety assessment for the facility; and

(b) provide for the implementation of that plan.

(2) The plan must—

(a) specify all reasonably practicable steps to ensure the facility is safe and without risk to the health of persons likely to be on the facility at the time of the emergency; and

(b) specify the performance standards that it applies.

(3) The safety case must make adequate provision for escape drill exercises and fire drill exercises by persons on the facility.

(4) In particular, those exercises must ensure that those persons will be trained to function in the event of emergency with an adequate degree of knowledge, preparedness and confidence concerning the relevant emergency procedures.

(5) The safety case must provide for the operator of the facility to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that escape drill exercises and fire drill exercises are held in accordance with the safety case relating to the facility.

(6) The safety case for a mobile facility must also specify systems that—

(a) in the event of emergency, are adequate to shut down or disconnect all operations on the facility that could adversely affect the health or safety of persons at or near the facility; and

(b) are adequate to give appropriate audible and visible warnings of the shutting down or disconnecting of those operations.