PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 687
Who is the executive safety manager of an operating plant
PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 687
Who is the executive safety manager of an operating plant
687 Who is the executive safety manager of an operating plant
(1) This
section provides for who is the
"executive safety manager" for an operating plant.
(2) For authorised
activities for a petroleum authority, geothermal tenure or GHG authority that,
under section 670(6) (a) and (7) , are jointly an operating plant, the
executive safety manager is—
(a) if the holder of the authority or tenure is
an individual—the holder; or
(b) the senior managing officer of the
corporation or organisation responsible for the management and safe operation
of the authorised activities for the authority or tenure.
(3) For a coal
mining-CSG operating plant, the executive safety manager is the site senior
executive appointed under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act.
(4)
Otherwise, the executive safety manager is—
(a) if the operator is an
individual—the operator; or
(b) the senior managing officer of the
corporation or organisation responsible for the management and safe operation
of the operating plant.
(5) In this section—
"senior managing officer" , of a corporation or organisation, means the person
in Australia who is the most senior officer (however called) of the
corporation or organisation in Australia responsible for managing the
corporation or organisation.
