Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1996 No. 298 PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY ON OFFSHORE FACILITIES) REGULATIONS - REG 15

15. (1) A Safety Case must specify the systems of monitoring, auditing and
reviewing the implementation of the safety policies, objectives, procedures
and performance standards specified in the Safety Case, so as to demonstrate
the methods of:

   (a)  implementing the Safety Management System specified in the
        Safety Case; and

   (b)  ensuring the ongoing effectiveness of those systems by:

        (i)    continual and systematic identification of deficiencies in
               those systems; and

        (ii)   continual and systematic improvement of those systems.

(2) The Safety Case in respect of a facility must adequately specify all
standards, Australian and international, to be applied in the design,
construction, installation and operation of the facility or plant used on or
in connection with the facility.

(3) The Safety Case in respect of a facility must specify an office or
position on the facility, the occupant of which, while on duty:

   (a)  is in command of the facility; and

   (b)  is responsible for the safe operation of the facility.

(4) The Safety Case in respect of a facility must describe the means of
ensuring, as far as reasonably practicable, that:

   (a)  the office or position referred to in subregulation (3) is
        continuously occupied while the facility is in operation; and

   (b)  the person for the time being in occupation of that office or position
        is competent, by reason of having the necessary skills, training and
        ability, to perform the functions of a person in command of the
        facility; and

   (c)  the identity (by reference to office or position) of the person in
        command of the facility can at all times readily be ascertained, by
        means of a notice displayed in accordance with subregulation (6), by
        any person actually on the facility.

(5) The Safety Case in respect of a facility must describe the means of
ensuring that, at all times:

   (a)  there is in place a command structure in relation to the facility that
        applies in the event of an emergency; and

   (b)  the command structure is clearly set out in a notice displayed in
        accordance with subregulation (6).

(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (4) (c) and (5) (b), a notice must be:

   (a)  prominently displayed on the facility; and

   (b)  easily legible.

(7) The Safety Case in respect of a facility must provide for the operator of
the facility to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that each employee
working on, or in connection with, the facility is competent, by reason of
having the necessary skills, training and ability:

   (a)  to undertake:

        (i)    in normal operating conditions; and

        (ii)   in abnormal or emergency conditions; and

        (iii)  during any changes to or modifications of the facility; the
               tasks, both routine and non-routine, that may reasonably be
               allocated to him or her; and

   (b)  to respond and react appropriately, and at the level reasonably
        required of him or her, during an emergency.
[NOTE: For the meaning of "Safety Case in force for the facility", see subr. 3
(1).]