Victorian Numbered Regulations

PIPELINES REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 9 OF 2017) - REG 39

    (1)     The safety management system must specify the work and staffing systems to be used for the pipeline operation to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that—

        (a)     each area of safety-critical work in relation to the pipeline operation is assessed to identify the minimum skills, knowledge and experience requirements for a person assigned to carry out that work; and

        (b)     only persons with the skills, knowledge and experience appropriate to an area of safety-critical work are assigned to carry out that work; and

        (c)     any training necessary for persons assigned to carry out safety-critical work is provided; and

        (d)     a permit to work system, as set out in subregulation (2), is to be followed for any safety-critical work carried out in relation to the pipeline operation.

    (2)                         A permit to work system must—

        (a)     prohibit any person from performing safety-critical work without a written permit to work issued by a person authorised by the licensee to issue that permit; and

        (b)     specify by position the persons who are authorised to issue a permit to work and to supervise that work; and

        (c)     ensure that persons responsible for the issuing of permits to work and persons carrying out safety-critical work under a permit to work are competent and are provided with appropriate training, procedures, tools, equipment and emergency support.

    (3)     In this regulation, safety-critical work means work which affects or may affect the safety of the pipeline operation.