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Guidance
Guidance notes are issued by NOPSA to advise industry on policy and procedure, and to assist inspectors in carrying out their duties. The current Guidance notes may be obtained from the index below.
DISCLAIMER: These Guidance notes are intended to provide general guidance to the industry as to the approach that NOPSA takes in carrying out its regulatory functions under powers conferred by the Commonwealth Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, State and NT Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Acts and Regulations under those Acts. The Guidance notes should not be relied on as advice on the law, nor treated as a substitute for legal advice in any relevant situation.
Guidance notes and advice on offshore safety issues issued by a number of regulators and industry organisations may also be of interest.
Operator Registration
- GN0007 Criteria for Registration and Deregistration
- Revision 6 : PDF
- GN0019 Frequently Asked Questions on Operator Nomination
- Revision 3 : PDF
- GN0253 Facility Definition
- Revision 1 : PDF
- GL0619 Replacement of a Registered Operator for a Facility or Pipeline
- Revision 0 : PDF
Inspections
- GN0047 Role of Operator and Workforce in Planned Inspection
- Revision 1 : PDF
- GL0059 Team Selection for Planned Inspection
- Revision 2 : PDF
Pipeline Regulations
- GL0164 Pipeline Regulations
- GL0559 Determination of Revisions to a PSMP as Major or Minor
- These publications are currently under review to address the significant change in arrangements as a result of amendments to the Commonwealth Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Pipeline) Regulations, introduction of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Safety) Regulations 2009 and amendments to the Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Regulations a summary of which can be found here.
Assessment
Incident Investigation
- GL0099 Notification and Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences
- Revision 5 : 15 March 2010 : PDF
- GL0033 Monthly Summary Reporting
- Revision 4 : 15 March 2010 : PDF
- FM0522 Sample Form
- Revision 0 : 1 July 2008 : MS Word
Enforcement
- GL0069 OHS Inspector Enforcement Decision Appeals
- Revision 6 : 2 January 2010 : PDF
- GL0071 Amending the Period of Notices
- Revision 1 : 28 September 2009 : PDF
- GL0517 Completion of a Provisional Improvement Notice
- Revision 2 : 2 January 2010 : PDF
Occupational Health and Safety
- GL0191 Noise Exposure Standard
- Revision 2 : 12 September 2005 : PDF
- GL0401 Noise Management - Principles of Risk Assessment and Control
- Revision 1 : 23 September 2009 : PDF
Certification of Offshore Crane Drivers
National Unit of Competency
The national training package PMA08 now contains a unit PMASUP305A 'Operate Offshore Cranes', available on the NTIS data base.
- - - - explanatory note
- 17 December 2009 : PDF
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