COMAH Regulation

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH ORDER, 2009
(S 44/2009)

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH (FACILITIES) (CONTROL OF MAJOR
ACCIDENT HAZARDS) REGULATIONS, 2013

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulation
PART I
PRELIMINARY

1. Citation and commencement.
2. Application.
3. Interpretation.

PART II
COMPETENT AUTHORITY

4. Competent authority.
5. Prohibition of use.
6. Power of competent authority in relation to Safety Cases and related documents.
7. Inspections and investigations.

PART III
DUTY HOLDERS
8. Meaning of “duty holder”.
9. Duties of duty holder.

PART IV
NOTIFICATIONS AND SAFETY CASES
10. Meanings of “facility” and “fixed facility”.
11. Design and relocation notifications for fixed facility.
12. Notification of well operations.
13. Safety Case for fixed facility.
14. Safety Case for mobile facility.
15. Safety Case for combined operations.
16. Safety Case for dismantling fixed facility.
17. Management of safety and health and control of major accident hazards.
18. Review of Safety Case.
19. Revisions and material changes to Safety Case.
20. Duty to conform to Safety Case.

PART V
EMERGENCY PLANS

21. Onsite and offsite emergency plans.
22. Review and testing of emergency plans.
23. Implementing emergency plans.

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PART VI
PROVISION OF INFORMATION BY DUTY HOLDERS

24. Provision of information to public.
25. Provision of information to competent authority.

PART VII
GENERAL

26. Documents.
27. Offence.
FIRST SCHEDULE

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PARTICULARS

IN

DESIGN

AND

RELOCATION NOTIFICATION FOR FIXED
FACILITY
SECOND SCHEDULE

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PARTICULARS IN SAFETY CASE FOR FIXED
FACILITY

THIRD SCHEDULE

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PARTICULARS

IN

SAFETY

CASE

FOR

SAFETY

CASE

FOR

CASE

FOR

MOBILE FACILITY
FOURTH SCHEDULE

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PARTICULARS

IN

COMBINED OPERATIONS
FIFTH SCHEDULE

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PARTICULARS

IN

SAFETY

DISMANTLING FIXED FACILITY
SIXTH SCHEDULE

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PARTICULARS IN NOTIFICATION OF WELL