(1) This section prescribes, for section 82(2)(b) of the Act, the matters for which a rail transport operator's emergency management plan for railway operations must provide.
(2) The emergency management plan must provide for the following for each type of emergency that may happen in relation to the railway operations--
(a) the consequences of the type of emergency, including estimates of the likely magnitude and severity of the effects of the type of emergency;
(b) the risks to the safety of persons arising, or potentially arising, from the type of emergency;
(c) measures to mitigate the effects of the type of emergency;
(d) procedures for implementing the appropriate response measures of the plan that the rail transport operator is required to implement under the plan for the type of emergency, including procedures about the provision of rescue services for dealing with the type of emergency;
(e) procedures for restoring railway operations, and assisting people, affected by the type of emergency happening;
(f) the allocation of each role or responsibility mentioned in the plan for the type of emergency--
(i) to the rail transport operator or another entity; and
(ii) for a role or responsibility allocated to the rail transport operator--to 1 or more of the operator's employees, representatives or agents;
(g) the allocation to 1 or more of the rail transport operator's employees, representatives or agents, or to other entities, the responsibility to provide on-site management of the type of emergency;
(h) procedures for how the rail transport operator is to liaise with each relevant emergency service in relation to the type of emergency, including the identification of the circumstances in which the emergency service must be contacted immediately;
(i) procedures for ensuring that the relevant emergency service is provided with all the information that is reasonably required for the emergency service to respond effectively to the type of emergency;
(j) procedures for effective communication and cooperation throughout the implementation of the appropriate response measures;
(k) procedures for securing the site affected by the type of emergency and preserving evidence at the site;
(l) the evaluation, testing and, if necessary, revision, of the measures and procedures mentioned in the plan.
(3) The emergency management plan must also provide for procedures for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the rail transport operator's employees, representatives or agents, or other entities, who may be required to implement a response measure of the plan--
(a) are provided with information about the relevant elements of the plan; and
(b) are able to do anything that may be required of them under the plan.