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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.675AGeneric safety management systems
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### sec.675A Generic safety management systems
For each stage of an operating plant, the operator of the plant is taken to have a safety management system that complies with section 675 if the operator adopts a generic SMS for that stage.
However, subsection (1) does not apply for a stage of a plant if—
the chief inspector considers that, because of the complexity of the plant or the particular risks associated with the plant, the generic SMS does not sufficiently manage the level of risk at the plant for the stage; and
the chief inspector gives the operator a written notice stating that the safety management system for the plant must comply with section 675 for the stage.
In this section—
generic SMS , for a stage of an operating plant (the relevant plant ), means a system in the form of a safety management system that is prescribed under a regulation for the stage of an operating plant of the same type as the relevant plant.
s 675A ins 2007 No. 46 s 216
amd 2014 No. 64 ss 224 , 256 sch 3 ; 2019 No. 7 s 313 s ch 1 pt 1
(sec.675A-ssec.1) For each stage of an operating plant, the operator of the plant is taken to have a safety management system that complies with section 675 if the operator adopts a generic SMS for that stage.
(sec.675A-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply for a stage of a plant if— the chief inspector considers that, because of the complexity of the plant or the particular risks associated with the plant, the generic SMS does not sufficiently manage the level of risk at the plant for the stage; and the chief inspector gives the operator a written notice stating that the safety management system for the plant must comply with section 675 for the stage.
(sec.675A-ssec.3) In this section— generic SMS , for a stage of an operating plant (the relevant plant ), means a system in the form of a safety management system that is prescribed under a regulation for the stage of an operating plant of the same type as the relevant plant.
- (a) the chief inspector considers that, because of the complexity of the plant or the particular risks associated with the plant, the generic SMS does not sufficiently manage the level of risk at the plant for the stage; and
- (b) the chief inspector gives the operator a written notice stating that the safety management system for the plant must comply with section 675 for the stage.