Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY ON OFFSHORE FACILITIES) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 49

49 .         Validation of proposed facilities and proposed significant changes to existing facilities

        (1)         In this regulation —

        existing facility means a facility that is or has been in use, or is available for use in the adjacent area;

        significant change to an existing facility includes the decommissioning of the facility.

        (2)         The Safety Authority may, by notice in writing, require the operator of a proposed facility, or an existing facility, to provide a validation —

            (a)         in respect of the proposed facility; or

            (b)         in respect of a proposed significant change to an existing facility.

        (3)         A validation of a proposed facility is a statement in writing by an independent person in respect of the design, construction and installation (including instrumentation, process layout and process control systems) of the facility, to the extent that these matters are covered by the scope of the validation agreed between the Safety Authority and the operator.

        (4)         A validation of a proposed significant change to an existing facility is a statement in writing by an independent person in respect of the proposed change, to the extent required by the scope of the validation agreed between the Safety Authority and the operator.

        (5)         The validation must establish, to the level of assurance reasonably required by the Safety Authority —

            (a)         in the case of a proposed facility, that the design, construction and installation (including instrumentation, process layout and process control systems) of the facility incorporate measures that —

                  (i)         will protect the safety and health of persons at the facility; and

                  (ii)         are consistent with the formal safety assessment for the facility;

                and

            (b)         in the case of an existing facility that, after any proposed change or changes, the facility incorporates measures that will protect the safety and health of persons at the facility.

        (6)         An operator who has provided material for a validation must satisfy the Safety Authority that each person who undertook the validation had the necessary competence, ability and access to data, in respect of each matter being validated, to arrive at an independent opinion on the matter.