South Australian Numbered Regulations

RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 (NO 255 OF 2012) - REG 19

19—Emergency management plan

        (1)         For the purposes of section 113(2)(b)(ii) (Emergency management plan) of the Law, when preparing an emergency management plan, a rail transport operator must consult (in addition to the people specified in section 99(3) (Safety management system) of the Law) with—

            (a)         any government agency with emergency management functions with respect to the area to which the plan relates; and

            (b)         any other rail transport operator who may be affected by the implementation of the plan; and

            (c)         any of the following that may be required to assist in the implementation of the plan:

                  (i)         an entity (whether publicly or privately owned) that provides, or intends to provide, water, sewerage, drainage, gas, electricity, telephone, telecommunication or other like services under the authority of an Act of a participating jurisdiction or the Commonwealth;

                  (ii)         a person who, under the authority of an Act of a participating jurisdiction, is permitted to own or use a pipeline, or is licensed to construct or operate a pipeline;

                  (iii)         a provider of public transport.

        (2)         An emergency management plan prepared for the purposes of section 113 (Emergency management plan) of the Law 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 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, including information about the circumstances in which the emergency services are to be immediately contacted; and

            (k)         procedures to ensure that emergency services 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 cooperation throughout the emergency response; and

            (m)         procedures for ensuring site security and the preservation of evidence.