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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.678When safety management system must be revised
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### sec.678 When safety management system must be revised
The operator of an operating plant must revise the safety management system for the plant if any of the following make the revision appropriate—
the making or amendment of a safety code, safety requirement or a standard;
the happening of an event relevant to the plant of which the operator is aware, or ought reasonably to have been aware;
a development in technical knowledge or hazard assessment
changes or proposed changes to the plant that could result in an increase in the overall risk levels, or a specific risk level, for the plant.
Maximum penalty—1,500 penalty units.
In this section—
revise means amend or remake.
s 678 amd 2005 No. 68 s 150 sch ; 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch ; 2014 No. 64 s 256 sch 3
(sec.678-ssec.1) The operator of an operating plant must revise the safety management system for the plant if any of the following make the revision appropriate— the making or amendment of a safety code, safety requirement or a standard; the happening of an event relevant to the plant of which the operator is aware, or ought reasonably to have been aware; a development in technical knowledge or hazard assessment changes or proposed changes to the plant that could result in an increase in the overall risk levels, or a specific risk level, for the plant. Maximum penalty—1,500 penalty units.
(sec.678-ssec.2) In this section— revise means amend or remake.
- (a) the making or amendment of a safety code, safety requirement or a standard;
- (b) the happening of an event relevant to the plant of which the operator is aware, or ought reasonably to have been aware; Examples of an event— a development in technical knowledge or hazard assessment
- (c) changes or proposed changes to the plant that could result in an increase in the overall risk levels, or a specific risk level, for the plant.