Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2013

  • revoked
  • Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2013: revoked, on 4 April 2016, by regulation 232 of the Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/17).
69 Review and revision of principal hazard management plans

(1)

In addition to the requirements of regulation 58, the site senior executive must ensure that each principal hazard management plan is reviewed at least once every 2 years after the date the principal hazard management plan is approved by the site senior executive.

(2)

In addition to the requirements of regulation 59, the site senior executive must ensure that a principal hazard management plan is reviewed after—

(a)

the occurrence of an accident at the mining operation involving a principal hazard that it was intended to manage:

(b)

a material change in the management structure at the mining operation that may affect the principal hazard management plan:

(c)

a material change in plant used or installed at the mining operation that may affect the principal hazard management plan:

(d)

the occurrence of any other event as provided in a principal hazard management plan as requiring a review of the plan.

(3)

Any review of a principal hazard management plan under subclause (1) must include—

(a)

a review of the risk assessment in relation to the relevant principal hazard; and

(b)

a review of all other aspects of the principal hazard management plan.

(4)

In addition to the requirements of regulation 61, the mine operator must ensure that records of all reviews and revisions of principal hazard management plans are kept for at least 12 months from the date on which the mining operation is abandoned.

(5)

The mine operator must, on request, provide records relating to a review of a principal hazard management plan to an inspector or a site health and safety representative.