Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 58

Preventing incidents

  (1)   The holder of a licence must take all reasonably practicable steps to prevent incidents involving controlled materials, controlled apparatus or controlled facilities described in the licence.

Actions if a notifiable incident occurs

  (2)   If a notifiable incident involving controlled materials, controlled apparatus or controlled facilities described in a licence happens, the holder of the licence must take the actions set out in subsections   (3), (4) and (5).

  (3)   The holder must take all reasonably practicable steps:

  (a)   to control the notifiable incident; and

  (b)   to minimise the consequences of the notifiable incident, including injury to any person and damage or harm to the environment; and

  (c)   to manage the notifiable incident in a way that facilitates investigation and learning.

  (4)   The holder must:

  (a)   within 24 hours of the notifiable incident happening, tell the CEO about the notifiable incident; and

  (b)   give the CEO a written report about the notifiable incident, including the causes of the notifiable incident, within:

  (i)   14 days of the notifiable incident happening; or

  (ii)   if the CEO extends the period--the extended period; and

  (c)   take the actions mentioned in subsection   (5) within:

  (i)   6 months of the notifiable incident happening; or

  (ii)   if the CEO extends the period--the extended period; and

  (d)   give the CEO a written summary of the outcome of the actions mentioned in subsection   (5) within:

  (i)   7 months of the notifiable incident happening; or

  (ii)   if the CEO extends the period--the extended period.

  (5)   The holder must, for the purposes of preventing a reoccurrence of the notifiable incident, review and update the following plans and arrangements that are relevant to the notifiable incident (including any internal safety approval system that authorised an activity that led to the notifiable incident):

  (a)   if the notifiable incident involves a controlled facility--the plans and arrangements described in paragraph   46(1)(d);

  (b)   if the notifiable incident involves a controlled material or a controlled apparatus--the plans and arrangements described in paragraph   47(1)(d).

  (6)   The CEO may, in writing, extend or further extend the periods mentioned in subparagraphs   (4)(b)(i), (4)(c)(i) and (4)(d)(i).

  (7)   However, subsections   (4) and (5) do not apply to the extent that the licence makes other arrangements for a matter mentioned in the subsections.