20Emergency plan

20 Emergency plan

(1) The application must include an emergency plan for responding to: (a) accidents and incidents involving a space object or high power rocket that is launched, or is attempted to be launched, from the launch facility; and (b) any other kind of emergency at or near the launch facility.

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 at least annually, 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 launch vehicle or its wreckage; and (ii) in accordance with any necessary permission of the Minister or Investigator under the Act—recovering and removing the launch vehicle 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. (3) The application must include information about approvals required for any of the arrangements or procedures in the emergency plan under any other law of the Commonwealth or a law of a State or Territory, including evidence as to whether the approvals have been obtained.

Note: Example: Any approval required from the ambulance, fire, police or other emergency service in the State or Territory where the launch facility is or is proposed to be located.