Assessor Resource
PMAOMIR449B
Monitor legal compliance obligations during incidents
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
Typically this person may be a company legal officer, environmental officer or a site/facility safety officer.
Such incidents might include:
loss of containment such as spills or gas/vapour release
fire
environmental incident or damage occurring through actions taken to resolve an incident
catastrophic failure of plant, assets or equipment
loss of life or occurrence of serious injury
The individual would:
advise the management team concerning potential breaches of legislation
monitor the organisations efforts during recovery to maintain compliance
negotiate controls for restoration and clean up activities or other actions
submit organisational reports and prepare for legal proceedings
Generally the individual would be part of a crisis management team during any incident however may work independently in some circumstances. At all times they would be liaising and cooperating with other members of the crisis management team.
In a typical scenario, a person oversights the operations of an incident or a crisis management team to preclude possible breaches of legislation and regulations during incidents on sites administered by the organisation and advises on compliance issues.
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