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GAS PIPELINES REGULATIONS 2014 (S.R. 2014, NO. 63) - REG 19

Emergency preparedness

(1)  For the purposes of section 59(2) of the Act, a facility safety case in respect of a pipeline facility must specify a response plan designed to provide for possible emergencies, the risk of which has been identified by a formal safety assessment in accordance with regulation 8(3) or a safety management system in accordance with regulation 8(4) .
(2)  The response plan must –
(a) ensure the safety of persons likely to be at the pipeline facility at the time of the emergency; and
(b) specify the performance standards that it applies.
(3)  For the purposes of section 59(2) of the Act, a facility safety case in respect of a pipeline facility must specify adequate provision for escape drill exercises and fire drill exercises by persons at the pipeline facility.
(4)  In particular, those exercises must 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)  For the purposes of section 59(2) of the Act, a facility safety case in respect of a pipeline facility must provide for the licensee of the pipeline facility to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that escape drill exercises and fire drill exercises are held in accordance with the facility safety case relating to the pipeline facility.
(6)  For the purposes of section 59(2) of the Act, a facility safety case in respect of a mobile pipeline facility must also specify systems that are adequate to –
(a) shut down or disconnect, in the event of emergency, all operations at the pipeline facility that could adversely affect the safety of the pipeline facility; and
(b) give appropriate audible and visible warnings of the shutting down or disconnecting of those operations.



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