Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The safety case
for a facility that is —
(a)
connected to one or more operational pipelines; or
(b)
proposed to be connected to one or more operational pipelines,
must specify adequate
procedures for shutting down or isolating, in the event of emergency, each
pipeline connected to the facility, so as to stop the flow of hazardous
substances through the pipeline.
(2) The procedures
specified in the safety case must include —
(a)
effective means of controlling and operating all relevant emergency shut-down
valves for a pipeline; and
(b) a
fail-safe system of isolating a pipeline in the event of failure of other
safety devices for the pipeline.
(3) The safety case
for a facility must also specify —
(a)
adequate means of mitigating, in the event of emergency, the risks associated
with each pipeline connected to the facility; and
(b) a
frequency of periodic inspection and testing of pipeline emergency shut-down
valves that can reasonably be expected to ensure that they will operate
correctly in an emergency.