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services under the authority of an Act of this jurisdiction or the Commonwealth;
 (ii) any person who, under the authority of an Act of this jurisdiction, is permitted to own or use a pipeline, or is licensed to construct or operate a pipeline;
 (iii) any provider of public transport.
              [local variations]

 (2) The Rail Safety Regulator may exempt a rail transport operator from the requirement to consult with any particular person or body under subregulation (1).

18 Matters to be included in an emergency management plan

  An emergency management plan prepared under section 63 of the Act 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 for 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 [local variations], including information about the circumstances in which the emergency services [local variations] are to be immediately contacted; and
 (k) procedures to ensure that emergency services [local variations] 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 co‑operation throughout the emergency response; and
 (m) procedures for ensuring site security and the preservation of evidence.

19 Keeping, maintaining and testing an emergency management plan

 (1) A rail transport operator must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that all employees of the operator, and all contractors engaged by the operator, who may be required to implement any emergency response procedures in the emergency management plan —
 (a) are provided with information about the relevant elements of the plan; and
 (b) are able to do anything that may be required of them under the plan.

 (2) The operator must test the emergency management plan, or elements of the plan, to ensure that the plan remains effective —
 (a) at the intervals set out in the plan; and
 (b) after any significant changes are made to the plan.

 (3) In preparing an emergency management plan, the operator must, if it is reasonably