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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.678ARequirement to have resulting records for safety management system
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### sec.678A Requirement to have resulting records for safety management system
The operator of an operating plant must—
ensure resulting records for the safety management system for the plant are made and kept for a period of 7 years; and
whenever the plant is operating, keep a copy of the resulting records open for inspection—
at the plant; or
if because of the nature, size or type of the plant it is impracticable to keep the records at the plant—at another place where it is reasonable to have the records open for inspection.
Maximum penalty—1,500 penalty units.
In this section—
resulting records , for a safety management system for an operating plant, means all of the following records that are appropriate for the plant, demonstrating that the safety management system has been implemented and monitored—
records about carrying out a formal safety assessment mentioned in section 675 (1) (e) ;
records about carrying out a skills assessment mentioned in section 675 (1) (g) ;
records about carrying out a training and supervision program mentioned in section 675 (1) (h) ;
records about how and when standard operating and maintenance procedures were applied;
records about the maintenance of machinery and equipment relating to, or that may affect, the safety of the plant;
records about implementing, monitoring and reviewing and auditing safety policies and safety management systems;
records of investigating and reviewing incidents at the plant;
records about the implementation of recommendations from an investigation or review of an incident at the plant;
records about testing and monitoring control systems;
records about the details of the operator mentioned in section 675 (1) (c) and the site safety manager mentioned in section 675 (1) (cb) ;
records, prescribed under a regulation, about a matter prescribed under section 675 (1) (u) .
s 678A ins 2011 No. 2 s 112
amd 2014 No. 64 ss 225 , 256 sch 3
(sec.678A-ssec.1) The operator of an operating plant must— ensure resulting records for the safety management system for the plant are made and kept for a period of 7 years; and whenever the plant is operating, keep a copy of the resulting records open for inspection— at the plant; or if because of the nature, size or type of the plant it is impracticable to keep the records at the plant—at another place where it is reasonable to have the records open for inspection. Maximum penalty—1,500 penalty units.
(sec.678A-ssec.2) In this section— resulting records , for a safety management system for an operating plant, means all of the following records that are appropriate for the plant, demonstrating that the safety management system has been implemented and monitored— records about carrying out a formal safety assessment mentioned in section 675 (1) (e) ; records about carrying out a skills assessment mentioned in section 675 (1) (g) ; records about carrying out a training and supervision program mentioned in section 675 (1) (h) ; records about how and when standard operating and maintenance procedures were applied; records about the maintenance of machinery and equipment relating to, or that may affect, the safety of the plant; records about implementing, monitoring and reviewing and auditing safety policies and safety management systems; records of investigating and reviewing incidents at the plant; records about the implementation of recommendations from an investigation or review of an incident at the plant; records about testing and monitoring control systems; records about the details of the operator mentioned in section 675 (1) (c) and the site safety manager mentioned in section 675 (1) (cb) ; records, prescribed under a regulation, about a matter prescribed under section 675 (1) (u) .
- (a) ensure resulting records for the safety management system for the plant are made and kept for a period of 7 years; and
- (b) whenever the plant is operating, keep a copy of the resulting records open for inspection— (i) at the plant; or (ii) if because of the nature, size or type of the plant it is impracticable to keep the records at the plant—at another place where it is reasonable to have the records open for inspection.
- (i) at the plant; or
- (ii) if because of the nature, size or type of the plant it is impracticable to keep the records at the plant—at another place where it is reasonable to have the records open for inspection.
- (i) at the plant; or
- (ii) if because of the nature, size or type of the plant it is impracticable to keep the records at the plant—at another place where it is reasonable to have the records open for inspection.
- (a) records about carrying out a formal safety assessment mentioned in section 675 (1) (e) ;
- (b) records about carrying out a skills assessment mentioned in section 675 (1) (g) ;
- (c) records about carrying out a training and supervision program mentioned in section 675 (1) (h) ;
- (d) records about how and when standard operating and maintenance procedures were applied;
- (e) records about the maintenance of machinery and equipment relating to, or that may affect, the safety of the plant;
- (f) records about implementing, monitoring and reviewing and auditing safety policies and safety management systems;
- (g) records of investigating and reviewing incidents at the plant;
- (h) records about the implementation of recommendations from an investigation or review of an incident at the plant;
- (i) records about testing and monitoring control systems;
- (ia) records about the details of the operator mentioned in section 675 (1) (c) and the site safety manager mentioned in section 675 (1) (cb) ;
- (j) records, prescribed under a regulation, about a matter prescribed under section 675 (1) (u) .