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4Requirements#
(1)An operator must, for the purposes of reducing safety and environmental risks, preventing pollution and ensuring the conservation of petroleum resources, develop a management system that meets the following requirements:
(a)it must be set out in writing;
(b)it must apply to all of the works and activities referred to in the operator’s application for authorization;
(c)it must correspond to the scope, nature and complexity of the works and activities and the associated hazards and risks;
(d)it must be explicit, comprehensive and proactive;
(e)it must foster a culture of safety;
(f)it must establish conditions under which a person who makes a report that relates to safety or protection of the environment will be protected from reprisal;
(g)it must include processes for integrating works and activities and technical systems with the management of human and financial resources;
(h)it must include processes to ensure that all persons have the necessary experience, training, qualifications and competence and receive the necessary supervision to carry out the duties they are assigned;
(i)it must set out the roles, responsibilities and authorities of all persons exercising functions under it, as well as the processes for making those persons aware of their roles, responsibilities and authorities;
(j)it must include processes for coordinating the carrying out and management of the works and activities among the operator, employers, suppliers, service providers and other persons that are subject to it;
(k)it must include processes for the internal and external communication of documents and information relating to safety or the protection of the environment;
(l)it must include a process for the efficient and immediate transmission, at every shift handover, of documents and information relating to any conditions, mechanical or procedural deficiencies or other problems that may have an impact on safety or the protection of the environment;
(m)it must include processes
(i)for identifying hazards that may arise during routine and non-routine operations,
(ii)for assessing the risks associated with those hazards and for reducing those risks through the implementation of control measures, and
(iii)for establishing an inventory of those hazards and control measures and for maintaining that inventory;
(n)it must include processes for investigating and reporting, for the purposes of section 179, the root causes of any reportable incident, the contributing factors and the measures to be implemented to prevent recurrence of the incident;
(o)it must include a process for establishing a system to analyze trends in hazards and reportable incidents;
(p)it must include processes for identifying, evaluating and managing all systems and equipment that are critical to safety or to the protection of the environment;
(q)it must include processes for identifying, evaluating and managing any changes that could affect safety, the protection of the environment and the conservation of petroleum resources;
(r)it must include processes for identifying tasks that are critical to safety, the protection of the environment and the conservation of petroleum resources;
(s)it must include processes for establishing and maintaining measurable goals and performance indicators that are applicable to it;
(t)it must include processes for its periodic internal audit and review to identify areas for improvement and the preventive and corrective measures to be taken if deficiencies are identified;
(u)it must include processes for monitoring compliance and preventing non-compliance with the requirements of these Regulations, the provisions of Part III of the Act and any requirements that are determined by the Board under that Part;
(v)it must include processes for inspection, monitoring, testing and maintenance to ensure the continued integrity of all installations, including their systems and equipment, pipelines and vessels, and for the taking of corrective measures if deficiencies are identified;
(w)it must include the policies and indicate the standards on which it is based;
(x)it must include a process to ensure that all documents associated with it are approved by a person with the necessary authority, periodically reviewed and updated when necessary;
(y)it must include a process for establishing a system to manage any records associated with it, and the records necessary to support operational and regulatory requirements, for the purpose of ensuring that those records are generated, identified, controlled and retained and are readily accessible for consultation and examination; and
(z)it must include processes for controlling and coordinating work, including with respect to the issuance of work permits required under Part 10 and the identification of the works and activities for which a work permit is required.
(2)The operator must ensure that the processes and policies included in the management system and the standards referred to in it are readily accessible for consultation and examination.
(3)The documentation associated with the management system must be organized and set out in a logical fashion to allow for ease of understanding and efficient implementation.
(4)In this section, a reference to a process includes any procedures that are necessary to implement the process.
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