Dangerous Goods Safety (Major Hazard Facilities) Regulations 2007 (WA)

Western Australia Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 Dangerous Goods Safety (Major Hazard Facilities) Regulations 2007 Western Australia Dangerous Goods Safety (Major Hazard Facilities) Regulations 2007 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Application of regulations 1 4. Terms used 2 5. Major hazard facility, meaning of 6 6. Place, meaning of 6 7. When Sch. 1 substances are likely to be at a place 7 8. Quantity of substances at or likely to be at a place, determining 8 9. Critical quantity of Sch. 1 substances at or likely to be at a place, determining 9 10. Threshold quantity for a Sch. 1 substance, determining 10 Part 2 — Main offences 11. Sch. 1 substances at a place not to exceed critical quantity without prior notification to Chief Officer 11 12. No significant change to certain places without prior notification to Chief Officer 11 13. Major hazard facility to operate in accordance with safety management system in approved safety report 12 Part 3 — Notification requirements 14. Operator to notify Chief Officer if more than critical quantity of Sch. 1 substances likely to be at place 13 15. Operator of certain places to notify Chief Officer of certain changes 13 16. Chief Officer may direct operator to give notification in some cases 14 17. Notification required under r. 14, 15 and 16, form and content of 15 18. Chief Officer may direct operator to give further information 16 Part 4 — Certain places to be major hazard facilities 19. Classifying places as major hazard facilities, Chief Officer's functions as to 17 20. Chief Officer to consult before classifying place as major hazard facility 18 21. Chief Officer to notify decision whether or not to classify a place as a major hazard facility 18 22. Chief Officer may revoke decision to classify place as major hazard facility 19 Part 5 — Safety reports 23. Risk assessment, operator of major hazard facility to prepare 20 24. Safety management system, operator of major hazard facility to prepare 21 25. Safety report, operator of major hazard facility to prepare 21 26. Safety report, application for approval of 22 27. Safety report, approval of by Chief Officer 22 28. Withdrawal of approval of safety report 23 29. Chief Officer to consult etc. before refusing to approve or withdrawing approval of safety report 23 30. Safety report, review of by operator of major hazard facility 24 Part 6 — Miscellaneous 31. Major hazard facilities near to one another, Chief Officer may direct one to give information to the other 27 32. Closure of major hazard facility, operator to notify Chief Officer of 27 33. Classes of major hazard facility for purposes of fees 27 34. Annual fee for major hazard facilities 28 Schedule 1 — Threshold quantity for Schedule 1 substances 1. Threshold quantity for substances 31 2. Threshold quantity for categories of substances 33 Schedule 2 — Notifiable information 1. Term used: material safety data sheet 38 2. Notifiable information 38 Schedule 3 — Fees 1. Fees for approval of safety reports (r. 26) 39 2. Annual fees for major hazard facilities (r. 34) 39 Schedule 4 — Procedures to be included in safety management system 1. Skills etc. of employees, procedures to ensure 41 2. Operation etc. of plant etc., procedures for 41 3. Security, procedures to ensure 41 4. Safety information, procedures to ensure employees are given 41 5. Risk control measures, procedures to ensure monitoring of etc. 42 Notes Compilation table 43 Other notes 45 Defined terms Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 Dangerous Goods Safety (Major Hazard Facilities) Regulations 2007