Offshore Petroleum (Safety) Regulations 2009

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Department of Industry, Science and Resources

This item is authorised by the following title:

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

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F2009L04578

17 December 2009 - 07 June 2010

Table of contents

1.1 Name of Regulations
1.2 Commencement
1.3 Repeal
1.4 Objects
1.5 Definitions
1.6 Vessels and structures that are not facilities
1.7 Vessels and structures that are not associated offshore places
1.8 Forms, notices and reports
1.9 Relationship with other regulations made under the Act
2.1 Nomination of operator — general
2.2 Nomination of operator — shared petroleum facility
2.3 Acceptance or rejection of nomination of operator
2.4 Register of operators
2.5 Facility description, formal safety assessment and safety management system
2.6 Implementation and improvement of the safety management system
2.7 Standards to be applied
2.8 Command structure
2.9 Members of the workforce must be competent
2.10 Permit to work system for safe performance of various activities
2.11 Involvement of members of the workforce
2.12 Design, construction, installation, maintenance and modification
2.13 Medical and pharmaceutical supplies and services
2.14 Machinery and equipment
2.15 Drugs and intoxicants
2.16 Evacuation, escape and rescue analysis
2.17 Fire and explosion risk analysis
2.18 Emergency communications systems
2.19 Control systems
2.20 Emergency preparedness
2.21 Pipes
2.22 Vessel and aircraft control
2.23 Arrangements for records
2.24 Safety case to be submitted to Safety Authority
2.25 Safety Authority may request more information
2.26 Acceptance or rejection of a safety case
2.27 Notice of decision on safety case
2.28 Consent to undertake work in a manner different from safety case
2.29 Duties under Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act
2.30 Revision of a safety case because of a change of circumstances or operations
2.31 Revision on request by the Safety Authority
2.32 Revision after 5 years
2.33 Safety Authority may request more information
2.34 Acceptance or rejection of a revised safety case
2.35 Notice of decision on revised safety case
2.36 Effect of rejection of revised safety case
2.37 Grounds for withdrawal of acceptance
2.38 Notice before withdrawal of acceptance
2.39 Safety Authority may give an exemption
2.40 Validation of design, construction and installation, significant modification or decommissioning of a facility
2.41 Interpretation
2.42 Notices and reports of accidents and dangerous occurrences
2.43 Facility must have registered operator
2.44 Safety case required for the relevant stage in the life of a facility
2.45 Work on a facility must comply with the safety case
2.46 New health and safety risk
2.47 Maintaining records
2.48 Person on a facility must comply with safety case
2.49 Interference with accident sites
2.50 Details in applications or submissions
3.1 Avoiding fatigue
3.2 Possession or control of drugs or intoxicants
3.3 Person must leave the facility when instructed to do so
3.4 Prohibition on the use of certain hazardous substances
3.5 Limitations on exposure to certain hazardous substances
3.6 Exposure to noise
3.7 Exemptions from hazardous substances and noise requirements
3.8 Appointment of returning officer
3.9 Number of votes
3.10 Right to secret ballot
3.11 Conduct of poll by secret ballot
3.12 Conduct of poll if no request made for secret ballot
3.13 If no candidate is elected
3.14 Ballot-papers
3.15 Distribution of ballot papers
3.16 Manner of voting by secret ballot
3.17 Envelopes given to returning officer
3.18 Scrutineers
3.19 Returning officer to be advised of scrutineers
3.20 Persons present at the count
3.21 Conduct of the count
3.22 Informal ballot-papers
3.23 Completion of the count
3.24 Destruction of election material
3.25 Request for recount
3.26 Irregularities at election
3.27 Result of poll
3.28 OHS inspectors — identity cards
3.29 Taking samples for testing etc
3.30 Form of certain notices
3.31 Orders under clause 46 of Schedule 3 to the Act
3.32 Laws or parts of laws that do not apply
3.33 Service of notices
4.1 Meaning of diving
4.2 When a diving operation begins and ends
4.3 No diving without DSMS
4.4 Contents of DSMS
4.5 Acceptance of new DSMS
4.6 Acceptance of revised DSMS
4.7 Grounds for rejecting DSMS
4.8 Notice of reasons
4.9 Register of DSMSs
4.10 Revision of DSMS
4.11 Notice to revise DSMS
4.12 Diving project plan to be approved
4.13 Diving project plan to Safety Authority if there is no operator
4.14 Diving project plan to Safety Authority if requested
4.15 Updating diving project plan
4.16 Contents of diving project plan
4.17 No diving without approved diving project plan
4.18 Involvement of divers and members of the workforce in DSMS and diving project plan
4.19 Safety responsibilities of diving contractors
4.20 Safety in the diving area
4.21 Diving depths
4.22 Appointment of diving supervisors
4.23 Duties of diving supervisors
4.24 Start-up notice
4.25 Divers in diving operations
4.26 Medical certificates
4.27 Diving operations record
4.28 Divers’ log books
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Operator of a facility before 1 January 2010
5.3 Register of operators
5.4 Existing safety cases remain in force
5.5 Application for acceptance of safety case or revised safety case made before 1 January 2010
5.6 Existing pipeline management plans remain in force
5.7 Application for acceptance of pipeline management plan or revised pipeline management plan made before 1 January 20
5.8 Operator of a pipeline before 1 January 2010
5.9 Register of DSMSs and revised DSMSs
5.10 Existing DSMS remain in force
5.11 Application for acceptance of DSMS or revised DSMS made before 1 January 2010
5.12 Notices taken to be given by Safety Authority
5.13 Existing diving project plans remain in force
5.14 Actions
5.15 Existing exemptions remain in force
5.16 Application for exemption made before 1 January 2010
- Schedule 3.1 Forms
- Schedule 3.2 Hazardous substances

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