Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) The operator of a geothermal energy operation where one or more major hazards have been identified must prepare an emergency plan for the operation.
(2) The operator must use the emergency plan as the primary means of responding to incidents involving a significant likelihood of a serious injury or death.
(3) The emergency plan must—
(a) address all aspects of emergency response, including—
(i) ensuring that a system exists that enables all people at the site of the operation at any given time to be promptly located;
(ii) the provision of adequate rescue equipment;
(iii) ensuring that people trained in the use of rescue equipment are available on site, or are on call whenever any person is working at the site of the operation;
(b) be prepared in conjunction with—
(i) the emergency services who have responsibility for the area in which the operation is located;
(ii) in relation to hazards that could detrimentally affect the health or safety of people in the area surrounding the operation, the municipal council or councils in that area;
(c) be documented;
(d) be so set out and expressed that its contents are readily comprehensible to people who use it;
(e) be available on request for inspection by an inspector.
(4) After preparing the emergency plan, the operator must—
(a) keep a copy of the emergency plan at the operation specifically for the use of the emergency services who have responsibility for the area in which the operation is located; and
(b) inform those emergency services of the location of the copy of the emergency plan; and
(c) forward a copy of the emergency plan to each of those emergency services.
(5) The operator must, at least annually—
(a) test the emergency plan in order to ensure its continued effectiveness; and
(b) take all reasonable steps to arrange for the emergency services that have responsibility for the area in which the operation is located to participate in those tests.