Work Health and Safety (Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Operations) Regulations 2022 (WA)

Western Australia Work Health and Safety Act 2020 Work Health and Safety (Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Operations) Regulations 2022 Western Australia Work Health and Safety (Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Operations) Regulations 2022 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary Division 1 — Introductory matters 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Application of these regulations 1 4. Terms used 1 5. Geothermal energy operation 1 6. Petroleum operation 1 7. References to standards 1 8. Reference to person conducting a business or undertaking includes reference to operator of a facility 1 9. Provisions linked to health and safety duties in Act 1 Division 2 — Representation Subdivision 1 — Work groups 10. Negotiations for and determination of work groups 1 11. Matters to be taken into account in negotiations 1 Subdivision 2 — Health and safety representatives 12. Procedures for election of health and safety representatives 1 13. Person conducting business or undertaking must not delay election 1 14. Removal of health and safety representatives 1 15. Notice of entry for person assisting health and safety representative 1 16. Training for health and safety representatives 1 Division 3 — Issue resolution 17. Agreed procedure: minimum requirements 1 18. Default procedure 1 Division 4 — Cessation of unsafe work 19. Continuity of engagement of worker 1 Part 2 — Petroleum and geothermal energy operations Division 1 — Operators 20. Facility must have operator 1 21. Nomination of operator 1 22. Acceptance or rejection of person as operator 1 23. Register of operators 1 Division 2 — Operator's representative 24. Operator must ensure presence of operator's representative 1 Division 3 — Facility design cases 25. Submission of facility design case 1 Division 4 — Safety cases Subdivision 1 — Terms used 26. Terms used 1 Subdivision 2 — Duties as to safety cases 27. Safety case required for operations 1 28. New or increased risks 1 29. Compliance with safety case 1 30. Persons to comply with safety case 1 31. Maintaining records for safety cases 1 Subdivision 3 — Contents of safety cases 32. Operation description, formal safety assessment, safety management system and emergency response plan 1 33. Implementation and improvement of safety management system 1 34. Standards to be applied 1 35. Command structure 1 36. Competence of workers 1 37. Permit to work system for safe performance of various activities 1 38. Involvement of workers 1 39. Adequacy of design, construction, installation, modification or maintenance 1 40. Medical and pharmaceutical supplies and services 1 41. Machinery and equipment 1 42. Drugs and intoxicants 1 43. Emergency analyses 1 44. Emergency communications systems 1 45. Control systems 1 46. Emergency preparedness 1 47. Pipelines 1 48. Vessel and aircraft control 1 49. Access to safety case 1 Subdivision 4 — Record keeping 50. Arrangements for records 1 Subdivision 5 — Submission and acceptance of safety cases 51. Safety case to be submitted to regulator 1 52. Evacuation, escape and rescue analysis 1 53. Fire and explosion risk analysis 1 54. Regulator may request more information 1 55. Acceptance or rejection of safety case 1 56. Notice of decision on safety case 1 57. Consent to undertake activities in manner different from safety case requirements 1 Subdivision 6 — Revision of safety cases 58. Revision because of change of circumstances or operations 1 59. Revision on regulator's request 1 60. Revision after 5 years 1 61. Regulator may request more information 1 62. Acceptance or rejection of revised safety case 1 63. Notice of decision on revised safety case 1 64. Effect of rejection of revised safety case 1 Subdivision 7 — Withdrawal of acceptance of safety case 65. Grounds for withdrawal of acceptance 1 66. Notice before withdrawal of acceptance 1 Subdivision 8 — Validation 67. Validation of proposed operations and proposed significant changes to operations 1 Part 3 — Diving operations Division 1 — Preliminary 68. Terms used 1 69. When person is diving 1 70. When diving operation begins and ends 1 Division 2 — Diving safety management systems 71. No diving without DSMS in force 1 72. Contents of DSMS 1 73. Acceptance of DSMS 1 74. Acceptance of revised DSMS 1 75. Grounds for rejecting DSMS 1 76. Notice of reasons 1 77. DSMS register 1 78. Revision of DSMS 1 79. Notice requesting revision of DSMS 1 80. Grounds for withdrawal of acceptance of DSMS 1 81. Notice before withdrawal of acceptance of DSMS 1 Division 3 — Diving project plans 82. No diving without approved or accepted diving project plan 1 83. Contents of diving project plan 1 84. Approval of diving project plan by operator 1 85. Acceptance of diving project plan by regulator if no operator 1 86. Updating diving project plan 1 Division 4 — Involvement of divers and other workers 87. Involvement of divers and workers in DSMS and diving project plan 1 Division 5 — Safety responsibilities 88. Compliance with DSMS and diving project plan 1 89. Safety before and during diving operations 1 90. Diving depths 1 Division 6 — Diving supervisors 91. Appointment of diving supervisors 1 92. Duties of diving supervisors 1 93. Diving supervisor may give directions 1 Division 7 — Start‑up notices 94. Start‑up notice 1 Division 8 — Diving operations 95. Persons taking part in diving operations 1 96. Medical certificates 1 Division 9 — Records 97. Diving operations record 1 98. Divers' log books 1 Part 4 — Notifications and reporting Division 1 — Preliminary 99. Meaning of notifiable occurrence 1 Division 2 — Notifications 100. Duty to notify of notifiable occurrences 1 Part 5 — General Division 1 — Miscellaneous 101. Incident notification: prescribed serious illnesses 1 102. Inspectors' identity cards 1 103. Review of decisions under the Act: stay of decision 1 104. Confidentiality of information: exception relating to administration or enforcement of other laws 1 105. Dangerous incident (Act s. 37) 1 Division 2 — Managing risks to health and safety 106. Application of Division 1 107. Specific requirements must be complied with 1 108. Duty to identify hazards 1 109. Managing risks to health and safety 1 110. Hierarchy of control measures 1 111. Maintenance of control measures 1 112. Review of control measures 1 Division 3 — Matters relating to work health and safety Subdivision 1 — General 113. Person must leave facility when required to do so 1 114. Avoiding fatigue 1 115. Possession or control of drugs or intoxicants 1 Subdivision 2 — Noise 116. Meaning of exposure standard for noise 1 117. Managing risk of hearing loss from noise 1 118. Audiometric testing 1 Division 4 — Suspension of safety case or DSMS 119. Application for suspension 1 120. Form of application 1 121. Regulator may seek further information 1 122. Grant or refusal of suspension 1 123. Notice of decision on application 1 124. Revocation of suspension 1 125. Duration of suspension 1 Division 5 — Dangerous goods Subdivision 1 — Preliminary 126. Terms used 1 127. Dangerous goods 1 128. Dangerous goods in bulk 1 129. Assignment of subsidiary hazard 1 130. Packing group 1 131. Goods too dangerous to transport 1 132. Determining quantity of dangerous goods 1 133. Assessment of unreasonable harm 1 Subdivision 2 — Placards 134. HAZCHEM placards 1 135. Signage for dangerous goods stored in bulk 1 136. Signage for dangerous goods stored in packages or IBCs 1 137. Signs must be properly displayed at sites 1 138. Revision of placards 1 Subdivision 3 — Emergency management and planning 139. Fire control equipment required on site 1 140. FES emergency response guide required for some sites 1 Subdivision 4 — Records 141. Manifest and dangerous goods site plan 1 142. SDS for dangerous goods 1 Division 6 — Hazardous chemicals Subdivision 1 — Application 143. Application 1 Subdivision 2 — Obligations of suppliers 144. Supply of prohibited and restricted carcinogens 1 Subdivision 3 — Prohibition, authorisation and restricted use 145. Using, handling and storing prohibited carcinogens 1 146. Using, handling and storing restricted carcinogens 1 147. Using, handling and storing restricted hazardous chemicals 1 148. Application for authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited and restricted carcinogens 1 149. Authorisation to use, handle or store prohibited carcinogens and restricted carcinogens 1 150. Changes to information in application to be reported 1 151. Regulator may cancel authorisation 1 152. Statement of exposure to be given to workers 1 153. Records to be kept 1 Division 7 — Exemptions Subdivision 1 — General 154. General power to grant exemptions 1 155. Matters to be considered in granting exemptions 1 Subdivision 2 — Exemption process 156. Application for exemption 1 157. Conditions of exemption 1 158. Form of exemption document 1 159. Compliance with conditions of exemption 1 160. Notice of decision in relation to exemption 1 161. Publication of notice of exemption 1 162. Notice of refusal of exemption 1 163. Amendment or cancellation of exemption 1 164. Notice of amendment or cancellation 1 Division 8 — Review of decisions under these regulations Subdivision 1 — Reviewable decisions 165. Which decisions under these regulations are reviewable 1 Subdivision 2 — Internal review 166. Application 1 167. Application for internal review 1 168. Internal reviewer 1 169. Decision of internal reviewer 1 170. Decision on internal review 1 171. Internal review: reviewable decision continues 1 Subdivision 3 — External review 172. Application for external review 1 Division 9 — Mining and Petroleum Advisory Committee 173. Functions of Mining and Petroleum Advisory Committee 1 Part 6 — Transitional provisions Division 1 — Preliminary 174. Terms used 1 Division 2 — Safety documents in force before commencement day 175. Safety cases in force before commencement day 1 176. Safety management systems in force before commencement day 1 177. Pipeline management plans in force before commencement day 1 178. Diving safety management systems in force before commencement day 1 179. Diving project plans in force before commencement day 1 Division 3 — Safety documents submitted or given before commencement day 180. Safety cases submitted before commencement day 1 181. Safety management systems submitted before commencement day 1 182. Pipeline management plans submitted before commencement day 1 183. DSMS given before commencement day 1 184. Diving project plans prepared or given before commencement day 1 Division 4 — Persons engaging in operations before commencement day 185. Persons engaging in operations before commencement day 1 Schedule 1 — Prohibited carcinogens, restricted carcinogens and restricted hazardous chemicals Schedule 2 — Classification of mixtures 1. Purpose of Schedule 1 Schedule 3 — Quantities of dangerous goods Schedule 4 — Manifest and dangerous goods site plan Division 1 — General 1. Meaning of storage location 1 Division 2 — Manifest 2. General information in manifest 1 3. Emergency contacts in manifest 1 4. Information in manifest about dangerous goods at site 1 5. Information in manifest about bulk dangerous goods not in IBCs and certain other dangerous goods 1 6. Information in manifest about packaged dangerous goods or dangerous goods in IBCs 1 7. Information in manifest about dangerous goods in manufacture or process 1 8. Information about dangerous goods in transit 1 Division 3 — Dangerous goods site plan 9. General information in plan 1 10. Other information in plan 1 Schedule 5 — Placarding requirements 1. Figures referred to in Sch. 5 1 2. Outer warning placard (r. 134) 1 3. Placard for dangerous goods in bulk that are not goods too dangerous to transport or combustible liquids (r. 135) 1 4. Placard for dangerous goods in bulk that are goods too dangerous to transport (r. 135) 1 5. Placard for packaged dangerous goods (r. 136) 1 6. Placard for combustible liquids (in bulk or in containers) (r. 135 and 136) 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Defined terms Work Health and Safety Act 2020 Work Health and Safety (Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Operations) Regulations 2022