100Emergency plan

100 Emergency plan

(1) The application must include an emergency plan for responding to: (a) accidents and incidents involving a returning space object; and (b) any other kind of emergency at or near the facility or premises from which a return is proposed be conducted.

Note: The terms accident and incident are defined in sections 85 and 86 of the Act.

(2) The plan must include the following: (a) a description of actions to be taken by the persons responsible for responding to an accident, incident or other emergency; (b) a list of the authorities or persons to be notified by the applicant in relation to an accident, incident or other emergency; (c) a description of the arrangements for coordinating any action to be taken in relation to the accident, incident or other emergency with those authorities or persons; (d) evacuation procedures for an accident, incident or other emergency; (e) details of exercises to test the plan before the return, and arrangements to report the results of those exercises to the Agency; (f) arrangements for reviewing the effectiveness of responses in emergencies and exercises, and arrangements to report the results of any review to the Agency; (g) procedures to be followed, in the case of accident, for: (i) locating the space vehicle or its wreckage; and (ii) in accordance with any necessary permission of the Minister or Investigator under the Act—recovering and removing the space object or its wreckage; (h) the equipment and facilities necessary for responding to an accident, incident or other emergency; (i) arrangements to ensure the applicant would meet the applicant’s obligations under any law of the Commonwealth or law of a State or Territory in the event of an accident, incident or other emergency or when conducting exercises to test the plan.