14Permit to work system for safe performance of various activities

14 Permit to work system for safe performance of various activities

(1) The Safety Case in respect of a facility must provide for the operator of the facility to establish and maintain, in accordance with subregulation (2), a documented system of coordinating and controlling the safe performance of all work activities of members of the workforce at the facility including in particular:

(a) welding and other hot work; and

(b) cold work (including physical isolation); and

(c) electrical work (including electrical isolation); and

(d) entry into, and working in a confined space; and

(e) procedures for working over water; and

(f) diving operations.

Note The expression confined space is defined in subr. 3 (1).

(2) The system must:

(a) form part of the Safety Management System described in the Safety Case in force for the facility; and

(b) identify the persons having responsibility to authorise and supervise work; and

(c) ensure that members of the workforce are competent in the application of the permit to work system.