34Revision of a safety case because of a change of circumstances or operations

34 Revision of a safety case because of a change of circumstances or operations

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), an operator of a facility for which a safety case is in force must submit a revised safety case to the Safety Authority as soon as practicable after the occurrence of any of the following circumstances:

(a) the technical knowledge relied upon to formulate the safety case, including the knowledge of systems for identifying hazards and evaluating risks of major accident events, is outdated so that the safety case no longer adequately provides for the matters mentioned in Subdivisions A, B and C of Division 1.

(b) the operator proposes to modify or decommission the facility and:

(i) the safety case has not been accepted by the Safety Authority for the modification or decommissioning stage in the life of the facility; or

(ii) the proposed modification or decommissioning is not adequately addressed in the safety case;

(c) there are reasonable grounds for believing that a series of proposed modifications to the facility would result in a significant cumulative change in the overall level of risk of major accident events;

(d) the operator proposes to significantly change the safety management system that is in force at the facility;

(e) the activities to be carried out at the facility are different from the activities contemplated in the safety case.

(2) If a circumstance mentioned in subregulation (1) is satisfied because the operator proposes to modify or decommission the facility the operator must not submit the revised safety case before the operator and the Safety Authority have agreed on the scope of the validation of the proposal.

(3) If the Safety Authority agrees, the operator of a facility may submit a revised safety case under subregulation (1) in the form of a revision to part of the safety case in force for the facility.