Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 395

Information provided under regulation 394—

        (a)     must include —

              (i)     a summary of the safety case for the major hazard facility; and

              (ii)     a copy of the licence for the major hazard facility, including the terms and conditions of the licence; and

        (b)     unless already included in the safety case summary, must include the following —

              (i)     the name and location of the major hazard facility;

              (ii)     the name, position and telephone number of a contact person from whom further information can be obtained;

              (iii)     a general description of the operations at the major hazard facility, including a description of the Schedule 14 materials present or likely to be present at the major hazard facility;

              (iv)     a general description of major incident hazards identified at the major hazard facility and of the major incidents that have the potential to occur because of those hazards;

              (v)     a general description of the magnitude of major incidents that could occur at the major hazard facility and of the severity of the consequences to health and safety if such incidents were to occur;

              (vi)     the means by which the local community will be notified of a major incident in the event of one occurring;

              (vii)     the action that members of the local community should take (in accordance with the emergency plan for the major hazard facility) in the event of a major incident occurring; and

        (c)     must be presented and expressed in a way that can be readily understood by a person who is not familiar with the major hazard facility and its operations; and

        (d)     must be reviewed and, if necessary, revised in the event of any modification being made to the major hazard facility.

Note

Act compliance—sections 23 and 26 (see regulation 7).