Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01588:reg:2:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01588
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 14/32)
Character Range: 61977–64799

of safety cases

Subdivision A—Contents of a safety case

2.5  Facility description, formal safety assessment and safety management system

Facility description
 (1) The safety case for a facility must contain a description of the facility that gives details of the following:
 (a) the layout of the facility;
 (b) the technical and other control measures identified as a result of the formal safety assessment;
 (c) the activities that will, or are likely to, take place at, or in connection with, the facility;
 (d) for a facility that is a pipeline:
 (i) the route corridor of the pipeline and the pipeline's interface start and end positions; and
 (ii) the compositions of petroleum or greenhouse gas substance that are to be conveyed through the pipeline when it is operating; and
 (iii) the safe operating limits for conveying those compositions through the pipeline;
 (e) any other relevant matters.

Technical and other control measures that are critical to safety
 (2) The safety case for the facility must also identify which of the technical and other control measures mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) are critical to safety.

Formal safety assessment
 (3) The safety case for the facility must also contain a detailed description of the formal safety assessment for the facility, being an assessment, or series of assessments, conducted by the operator of the facility that:
 (a) identifies all hazards having the potential to cause a major accident event; and
 (b) is a detailed and systematic assessment of the risk associated with each of those hazards, including the likelihood and consequences of each potential major accident event; and
 (c) identifies the technical and other control measures that are necessary to reduce that risk to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable; and
 (d) describes the emergency response plan required to be followed in the event of an emergency in connection with the facility.
Note: A formal safety assessment relates only to major accident events.

Safety management system
 (4) The safety case for the facility must also contain a detailed description of the safety management system that:
 (a) is comprehensive and integrated; and
 (b) provides for all activities that will, or are likely to, take place at, or in connection with, the facility; and
 (c) provides for the continual and systematic identification of hazards to health and safety of persons at or near the facility; and
 (d) provides for the continual and systematic assessment of:
 (i) the likelihood of the occurrence, during normal or emergency situations, of injury or occupational illness associated with those hazards; and
 (ii) the likely nature of such injury or occupational illness; and
 (e) provides for the reduction to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable of risks to health