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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

GN0060   The Safety Case in Context - An Overview of the Safety Case Regime
Revision 2 : July 2010 : 1638kB PDF
GN0087   Safety Case Lifecycle Management
Revision 2 : July 2010 : 2104kB PDF
GN0106   Safety Case Content and Level of Detail
Revision 2 : July 2010 : 2153kB PDF
GN0107   Hazard Identification
Revision 2 : July 2010 : PDF
GN0165   Risk Assessment
Revision 1 : July 2010 : PDF
GN0271   Control Measures and Performance Standards
Revision 1 : July 2010 : PDF
GL0238   Safety Case and PSMP Levies
Version 5.1 : PDF
GL0525   Validation
Revision 1 : 14 October 2009 : PDF
GL0225   Making Assessment Submissions to NOPSA
Revision 1 : PDF
GL0559   Determination of Revisions to a PSMP as Major or Minor
Revision 2 : PDF

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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