Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 418

    (1)     The operator of a prescribed mine must establish and implement a safety management system for the mine, in accordance with this regulation, which provides a comprehensive and integrated management system for all risk control measures implemented under regulation 405.

Note

Act compliance—sections 21, 23 and 26 (see regulation 7).

    (2)     The operator of a prescribed mine must use the safety management system as the primary means of ensuring the safe operation of the mine.

Note

Act compliance—sections 21, 23 and 26 (see regulation 7).

    (3)     The operator of a prescribed mine must ensure that the safety management system—

        (a)     is documented; and

        (b)     is set out and expressed in a way that is readily comprehensible to persons who use it; and

        (c)     contains a description of—

              (i)     the safety assessment; and

              (ii)     the operator's safety policy; and

        (d)     sets out the systems, procedures and other risk control measures by means of which risks associated with mining hazards are to be controlled; and

        (e)     sets out the performance standards for measuring the effectiveness of the safety management system, that—

              (i)     relate to all aspects of the safety management system; and

              (ii)     are sufficiently detailed to enable the operator to ensure that the effectiveness of all aspects of the safety management system is apparent; and

              (iii)     include steps that are to be taken to continually improve the safety management system; and

        (f)     sets out the way in which performance standards are to be met; and

        (g)     sets out the process, including method and frequency, for the audit of the effectiveness of the safety management system against the performance standards.

Note

Act compliance—sections 21, 23 and 26 (see regulation 7).