Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 364

The Authority, on its own initiative, may determine that a facility is a major hazard facility if—

        (a)     the Authority becomes aware that Schedule 14 materials are present or likely to be present at the facility in a quantity exceeding 10% of their threshold quantity but not exceeding their threshold quantity; and

        (b)     the Authority forms the opinion that there is a potential for a major incident to occur at the facility, having regard to all or any of the following —

              (i)     the quantity or combination of Schedule 14 materials present or likely to be present at the facility;

              (ii)     the type of activity within the facility that involves those materials;

              (iii)     the land use and activities of occupancy in the area surrounding the facility.