Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (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.