New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 568

568 Safety management system

(1) The operator of a licensed major hazard facility must implement the major hazard facility's safety management system established under clause 558 as revised under Part 9.3 and this Part.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--70 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--345 penalty units.

(2) The operator must use the safety management system as the primary means of--

(a) ensuring the health and safety of workers engaged or caused to be engaged by the operator and workers whose activities in carrying out work are influenced or directed by the operator while the workers are at work in the operation of the major hazard facility, and

(b) ensuring that the health and safety of other persons is not put at risk from work carried out as part of the operation of the major hazard facility.

Note : The operator of a licensed major hazard facility is required to notify the regulator of any change in relation to certain information about the licence (see clause 588).