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facility before 1 January 2010
Part 3—Safety cases
5.4 Existing safety cases remain in force
Part 4—Pipelines
5.6 Existing pipeline management plans remain in force
5.8 Operator of a pipeline before 1 January 2010
Part 5—Diving safety management systems and diving project plans
5.10 Existing DSMS remain in force
5.13 Existing diving project plans remain in force
Part 7—Exemptions from requirements in Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act
5.15 Existing exemptions remain in force
Schedule 3.1—Forms
Form 1—Provisional improvement notice
Form 2—Notice of removal of plant or sample
Form 3—Do not disturb notice
Form 4—Prohibition notice
Form 5—Improvement notice
Schedule 3.2—Hazardous substances
Part 1—Interpretation
Part 2—Permitted circumstances for using certain hazardous substances
Part 3—Permitted circumstances for using certain hazardous substances with carcinogenic properties
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

Chapter 1—Preliminary

1.1  Name of Regulations
  These Regulations are the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2009.

1.4  Objects
 (1) An object of these Regulations is to ensure that facilities are designed, constructed, installed, operated, modified and decommissioned in Commonwealth waters only in accordance with safety cases that have been accepted by NOPSEMA.
 (2) An object of these Regulations is to ensure that safety cases for facilities make provision for the following matters in relation to the health and safety of persons at or near the facilities:
 (a) the identification of hazards, and assessment of risks;
 (b) the implementation of measures to eliminate the hazards, or otherwise control the risks;
 (c) a comprehensive and integrated system for management of the hazards and risks;
 (d) monitoring, audit, review and continuous improvement.
 (3) An object of these Regulations is to ensure that the risks to the health and safety of persons at facilities are reduced to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable.
 (4) An object of these Regulations is to ensure that diving to which the Act relates is carried out in Commonwealth waters only in accordance with diving safety management systems that have been accepted by NOPSEMA.
 (5) An object of these Regulations is to ensure that diving safety management systems make provision for the following matters in relation to the health and safety of persons:
 (a) the identification of hazards and assessment of risks;
 (b) the implementation of measures to eliminate the hazards, or otherwise control the risks;
 (c) a comprehensive and integrated system for management of the hazards and risks;
 (d) monitoring, audit, review and continuous improvement.
 (6) An object of these Regulations is to ensure that the risks to the health and safety of persons who carry out diving to which the Act relates are reduced to a level that is as low as