Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)

Regulations

Major Hazard Installation Regulations, 2022

11. Major incident prevention policy

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(1) The duty holder must prepare and retain a written major incident prevention policy, as contemplated in Annexure C, on the—
(a) construction and building of the establishment;
(b) change in the establishment; or
(c) safe operation of the establishment.

 

(2) Every duty holder must, within 36 months after the entry into force of these Regulations, establish and have in record a major incident prevention policy.

 

(3) The major incident prevention policy must provide for a high level of protection for employees and the public and must include at least—
(a) the aims and objectives of the policy;
(b) the roles and responsibilities of the establishment's management;
(c) process safety performance indicators;
(d) commitments towards the maintenance and continual improvement of the policy;
(e) the aims and objectives of the—
(i) emergency plan;
(ii) evacuation plan regarding the—
(aa) speedy evacuation of persons;
(bb) roll-call after evacuation; and
(cc) plant shut down;
(f) reasons for revision;
(g) mandatory agreements; and
(h) the process safety management system with principles specified in Annexure D.

 

(4) A duty holder must review the major incident prevention policy, every five years or when there is a change in the establishment which renders the existing policy inadequate: Provided that an updated copy is available for inspection by an inspector and a local government.