sec.688Executive safety manager’s general obligations

### sec.688 Executive safety manager’s general obligations The executive safety manager of an operating plant must— if the operator is a corporation—nominate an individual as a representative of the operator to give and receive information for the operator under this Act; and ensure the operator of the plant has, for each stage of the plant, a system that is— a safety management system for the plant made under section 674 (1) (a) after consultation with the workers at the plant; or a generic SMS adopted for the plant; and approve the system before it is put into effect; and ensure the system is implemented in a way that effectively manages the risks associated with the plant. Maximum penalty—2,000 penalty units. To remove any doubt, it is declared that— a nomination of an operator’s representative under subsection (1) (a) does not affect an obligation imposed on the operator under this Act; and any information given to or by an operator’s representative is taken to have been given to or by the operator. s 688 amd 2004 No. 26 s 208 sub 2007 No. 46 s 219 amd 2014 No. 64 ss 226 , 256 sch 3 ; 2019 No. 7 s 279 (sec.688-ssec.1) The executive safety manager of an operating plant must— if the operator is a corporation—nominate an individual as a representative of the operator to give and receive information for the operator under this Act; and ensure the operator of the plant has, for each stage of the plant, a system that is— a safety management system for the plant made under section 674 (1) (a) after consultation with the workers at the plant; or a generic SMS adopted for the plant; and approve the system before it is put into effect; and ensure the system is implemented in a way that effectively manages the risks associated with the plant. Maximum penalty—2,000 penalty units. (sec.688-ssec.2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that— a nomination of an operator’s representative under subsection (1) (a) does not affect an obligation imposed on the operator under this Act; and any information given to or by an operator’s representative is taken to have been given to or by the operator. - (a) if the operator is a corporation—nominate an individual as a representative of the operator to give and receive information for the operator under this Act; and - (b) ensure the operator of the plant has, for each stage of the plant, a system that is— (i) a safety management system for the plant made under section 674 (1) (a) after consultation with the workers at the plant; or (ii) a generic SMS adopted for the plant; and - (i) a safety management system for the plant made under section 674 (1) (a) after consultation with the workers at the plant; or - (ii) a generic SMS adopted for the plant; and - (c) approve the system before it is put into effect; and - (d) ensure the system is implemented in a way that effectively manages the risks associated with the plant. - (i) a safety management system for the plant made under section 674 (1) (a) after consultation with the workers at the plant; or - (ii) a generic SMS adopted for the plant; and - (a) a nomination of an operator’s representative under subsection (1) (a) does not affect an obligation imposed on the operator under this Act; and - (b) any information given to or by an operator’s representative is taken to have been given to or by the operator.