Div 1Contents of safety cases

Division 1 Contents of safety cases

Subdivision A Contents of a safety case

9 Facility description, formal safety assessment and safety management system

(1) The safety case for a facility must contain:

(a) a description of the facility that complies with subregulation (2); and

(b) a detailed description of the formal safety assessment for the facility that provides evidence that the formal safety assessment complies with subregulation (3); and

(c) a detailed description of the safety management system that provides evidence that the system complies with subregulation (4).

(2) The description of the facility must give details of:

(a) the layout of the facility;

(b) the technical and other control measures identified as a result of the formal safety assessment; and

(c) the activities that will, or are likely to, take place at, or in connection with, the facility; and

(d) any other relevant matters.

(3) The formal safety assessment is an assessment, or series of assessments, conducted by the operator that:

(a) identifies all hazards having the potential to cause a major accident event; and

(b) is a detailed and systematic assessment of the risk associated with each of those hazards, including the likelihood and consequences of each potential major accident event; and

(c) identifies the technical and other control measures that are necessary to reduce that risk to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable.

Note A formal safety assessment relates only to major accident events.

(4) The safety management system for a facility must:

(a) be comprehensive and integrated; and

(b) provide for all activities that will, or are likely to, take place at, or in connection with, the facility; and

(c) provide for the continual and systematic identification of hazards to health and safety of persons at or near the facility; and

(d) provide for the continual and systematic assessment of:

(i) the likelihood of the occurrence, during normal or emergency situations, of injury or occupational illness associated with those hazards; and

(ii) the likely nature of such injury or occupational illness; and

(e) provide for the reduction to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable of risks to health and safety of persons at or near the facility including, but not limited to:

(i) risks arising during evacuation, escape and rescue in case of emergency; and

(ii) risks arising from equipment and hardware; and