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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.687Who is the executive safety manager of an operating plant
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### sec.687 Who is the executive safety manager of an operating plant
This section provides for who is the executive safety manager for an operating plant.
For authorised activities for a petroleum authority, geothermal tenure or GHG authority that, under section 670 (6) (a) and (7) , are jointly an operating plant, the executive safety manager is—
if the holder of the authority or tenure is an individual—the holder; or
the senior managing officer of the corporation or organisation responsible for the management and safe operation of the authorised activities for the authority or tenure.
For a coal mining-CSG operating plant, the executive safety manager is the site senior executive appointed under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act .
Otherwise, the executive safety manager is—
if the operator is an individual—the operator; or
the senior managing officer of the corporation or organisation responsible for the management and safe operation of the operating plant.
In this section—
senior managing officer , of a corporation or organisation, means the person in Australia who is the most senior officer (however called) of the corporation or organisation in Australia responsible for managing the corporation or organisation.
s 687 amd 2004 No. 26 s 207 ; 2005 No. 3 s 86 ; 2007 No. 46 s 218 ; 2010 No. 31 s 558 ; 2019 No. 7 s 313 s ch 1 pt 1
(sec.687-ssec.1) This section provides for who is the executive safety manager for an operating plant.
(sec.687-ssec.2) For authorised activities for a petroleum authority, geothermal tenure or GHG authority that, under section 670 (6) (a) and (7) , are jointly an operating plant, the executive safety manager is— if the holder of the authority or tenure is an individual—the holder; or the senior managing officer of the corporation or organisation responsible for the management and safe operation of the authorised activities for the authority or tenure.
(sec.687-ssec.3) For a coal mining-CSG operating plant, the executive safety manager is the site senior executive appointed under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act .
(sec.687-ssec.4) Otherwise, the executive safety manager is— if the operator is an individual—the operator; or the senior managing officer of the corporation or organisation responsible for the management and safe operation of the operating plant.
(sec.687-ssec.5) In this section— senior managing officer , of a corporation or organisation, means the person in Australia who is the most senior officer (however called) of the corporation or organisation in Australia responsible for managing the corporation or organisation.
- (a) if the holder of the authority or tenure is an individual—the holder; or
- (b) the senior managing officer of the corporation or organisation responsible for the management and safe operation of the authorised activities for the authority or tenure.
- (a) if the operator is an individual—the operator; or
- (b) the senior managing officer of the corporation or organisation responsible for the management and safe operation of the operating plant.