Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY (MAJOR HAZARD FACILITIES) REGULATIONS 2007 - SCHEDULE 4

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1 .         Organisation and personnel

                The procedures for ensuring that each employee who fills an employee position to which a task is allocated under the safety management system has the necessary skills and knowledge to undertake all tasks for which he or she has responsibility under the safety management system.

2 .         Operational controls

        (1)         The procedures for —

            (a)         ensuring the safe operation of plant; and

            (b)         ensuring that plant is properly maintained; and

            (c)         shutting down or decommissioning plant.

        (2)         The procedures for isolating the whole or part of the facility if an emergency occurs.

        (3)         The procedures for managing alarm systems.

3 .         Security

                The procedures for preventing unauthorised acts that could cause a major incident and for preventing acts intended to cause a major incident.

4 .         Informing employees and others

        (1)         The procedures for informing employees about —

            (a)         the risk assessment; and

            (b)         the safety management system.

        (2)         The procedures for informing persons who are not employees, but who are present at the facility, of the safety measures they are required to take while at the facility.

        (3)         The procedures for ensuring the community, local governments for the districts in which the community resides and emergency services are informed about —

            (a)         the use of dangerous goods at the facility; and

            (b)         the risk assessment; and

            (c)         the actions members of the community should take if a dangerous situation or major incident occurs.

        (4)         In subclause (3) —

        community , in relation to a major hazard facility, means all people living or working outside the facility who would be likely to suffer personal injury or property damage if a major incident occurred at the facility;

        emergency services means the Police Force and the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia.

5 .         Monitoring and continual improvement

        (1)         In this clause —

        risk control measures has the meaning given in regulation 23(2)(c).

        (2)         Procedures for monitoring the effectiveness of risk control measures.

        (3)         Procedures for monitoring the effectiveness of, and compliance with, the safety management system.

        (4)         Procedures for using the information obtained from monitoring to improve safety at the facility.