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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.674Requirement to have safety management system
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### sec.674 Requirement to have safety management system
The operator of an operating plant must—
for each stage of the plant, make or adopt a safety management system that complies with—
section 675 ; and
if the plant is used to explore for, extract, produce or release petroleum within coal seams— section 705C ; and
implement and maintain the system.
Maximum penalty—1,500 penalty units.
The operator of an operating plant must not begin a stage of the plant unless—
the operator has made or adopted a safety management system that applies to the stage; and
the system complies with section 675 ; and
if the plant is used to explore for, extract, produce or release petroleum within coal seams—the system complies with section 705C .
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
A safety management system may apply to more than 1 operating plant.
However, the system must still comply with section 675 in relation to each operating plant to which the system applies.
For coal mining-CSG operating plant, see division 4 (Special provisions for safety management systems for coal mining-CSG operating plant).
Also, if chapter 9 , part 4 , division 5 , subdivision 1 applies for an operating plant, the safety management system must include a joint interaction management plan.
s 674 amd 2007 No. 46 s 214 ; 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch ; 2014 No. 64 s 222 ; 2019 No. 7 s 313 s ch 1 pt 1
(sec.674-ssec.1) The operator of an operating plant must— for each stage of the plant, make or adopt a safety management system that complies with— section 675 ; and if the plant is used to explore for, extract, produce or release petroleum within coal seams— section 705C ; and implement and maintain the system. Maximum penalty—1,500 penalty units.
(sec.674-ssec.2) The operator of an operating plant must not begin a stage of the plant unless— the operator has made or adopted a safety management system that applies to the stage; and the system complies with section 675 ; and if the plant is used to explore for, extract, produce or release petroleum within coal seams—the system complies with section 705C . Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
(sec.674-ssec.3) A safety management system may apply to more than 1 operating plant.
(sec.674-ssec.4) However, the system must still comply with section 675 in relation to each operating plant to which the system applies. For coal mining-CSG operating plant, see division 4 (Special provisions for safety management systems for coal mining-CSG operating plant).
(sec.674-ssec.5) Also, if chapter 9 , part 4 , division 5 , subdivision 1 applies for an operating plant, the safety management system must include a joint interaction management plan.
- (a) for each stage of the plant, make or adopt a safety management system that complies with— (i) section 675 ; and (ii) if the plant is used to explore for, extract, produce or release petroleum within coal seams— section 705C ; and
- (i) section 675 ; and
- (ii) if the plant is used to explore for, extract, produce or release petroleum within coal seams— section 705C ; and
- (b) implement and maintain the system.
- (i) section 675 ; and
- (ii) if the plant is used to explore for, extract, produce or release petroleum within coal seams— section 705C ; and
- (a) the operator has made or adopted a safety management system that applies to the stage; and
- (b) the system complies with section 675 ; and
- (c) if the plant is used to explore for, extract, produce or release petroleum within coal seams—the system complies with section 705C .