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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) (MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY ON OFFSHORE FACILITIES) REGULATIONS 2002 (S.R. 2002, NO. 68) - REG 26

Emergency preparedness
(1)  The safety case in respect of a facility is to specify a response plan designed to address possible emergencies, the risk of which has been identified through the formal safety assessment in respect of the facility.
(2)  The plan –
(a) is to ensure the safety of persons likely to be on the facility at the time of the emergency; and
(b) is to specify the performance standards that it applies.
(3)  The safety case is to specify adequate provision for escape drill exercises and fire drill exercises by persons on the facility.
(4)  In particular, those exercises are to ensure that those persons will be trained to function in the event of emergency with an adequate degree of knowledge, preparedness and confidence concerning the relevant emergency procedures.
(5)  The safety case is to provide for the operator of the facility to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that escape drill exercises and fire drill exercises are held in accordance with the safety case relating to the facility.
(6)  The safety case in respect of a mobile facility is to also specify systems that are adequate to –
(a) shut down or disconnect, in the event of emergency, all operations on the facility that could adversely affect the safety of the facility; and
(b) give appropriate audible and visible warnings of the shutting down or disconnecting of those operations.



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