19Emergency management plan

#### 19 Emergency management plan 19 Emergency management plan > > (1) For the purposes of section 113(2)(b)(ii) (*Emergency management plan*) of the Law, when preparing an emergency management plan, a rail transport operator must consult (in addition to the people specified in section 99(3) (*Safety management system*) of the Law) with— > > > > > (a) any government agency with emergency management functions with respect to the area to which the plan relates; and > > > > > (b) any other rail transport operator who may be affected by the implementation of the plan; and > > > > > (c) any of the following that may be required to assist in the implementation of the plan— > > > > > > > (i) an entity (whether publicly or privately owned) that provides, or intends to provide, water, sewerage, drainage, gas, electricity, telephone, telecommunication or other like services under the authority of an Act of a participating jurisdiction or the Commonwealth; > > > > > > > (ii) a person who, under the authority of an Act of a participating jurisdiction, is permitted to own or use a pipeline, or is licensed to construct or operate a pipeline; > > > > > > > (iii) a provider of public transport. > > > (2) An emergency management plan prepared for the purposes of section 113 (*Emergency management plan*) of the Law must address— > > > > > (a) the types or classes of foreseeable emergencies; and > > > > > (b) the consequences of each type or class of those emergencies, including estimates of the likely magnitude and severity of the effects of each type or class; and > > > > > (c) the risks to safety arising from those emergencies; and > > > > > (d) methods to mitigate the effects of those emergencies; and > > > > > (e) initial response procedures for dealing with those emergencies and the provision of rescue services; and > > > > > (f) recovery procedures for the restoration of railway operations and the assistance of people affected by the occurrence of those emergencies; and > > > > > (g) the allocation of emergency management roles and responsibilities within the rail transport operator’s organisation, and between the operator and other organisations; and > > > > > (h) call out procedures; and > > > > > (i) the allocation of personnel for the on site management of those emergencies; and > > > > > (j) procedures for liaison with relevant emergency services, including information about the circumstances in which the emergency services are to be immediately contacted; and > > > > > (k) procedures to ensure that emergency services are provided with all the information that is reasonably required to enable them to respond effectively to an emergency; and > > > > > (l) procedures for effective communications and cooperation throughout the emergency response; and > > > > > (m) procedures for ensuring site security and the preservation of evidence.