The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015

Regulations 12 and 13

SCHEDULE 4Information to be included in internal and external emergency plans

PART 1Internal emergency plans

An internal emergency plan must include the following information—

(a)the name or position of—

(i)any person authorised to set emergency procedures in motion; and

(ii)the person in charge of and co-ordinating the mitigatory action within the establishment;

(b)the name or position of the person with responsibility for liaising with the local authority responsible for the external emergency plan;

(c)for foreseeable conditions or events which could be significant in bringing about a major accident, a description of the action which should be taken to control the conditions or events and to limit their consequences, including a description of the safety equipment and the resources available;

(d)the arrangements for limiting the risks to persons within the establishment including how warnings are to be given and the actions persons are expected to take on receipt of a warning;

(e)the arrangements for providing early warning of an incident to the local authority responsible for setting the external emergency plan in motion, the type of information which should be contained in an initial warning and the arrangements for the provision of more detailed information as it becomes available;

(f)where necessary, the arrangements for training staff in the duties they will be expected to perform and, as appropriate, co-ordinating this with the emergency services;

(g)the arrangements for providing assistance with mitigatory action outside the establishment.

PART 2External emergency plans

An external emergency plan must include the following information—

(a)the name or position of—

(i)any person authorised to set emergency procedures in motion; and

(ii)any person authorised to take charge of and co-ordinate action outside the establishment;

(b)the arrangements for receiving early warning of incidents, and alert and call-out procedures;

(c)the arrangements for co-ordinating resources necessary to implement the external emergency plan;

(d)the arrangements for providing assistance with mitigatory action within the establishment;

(e)the arrangements for mitigatory action outside the establishment, including responses to major accident scenarios as set out in the safety report and considering possible domino effects, including those having an impact on the environment;

(f)the arrangements for providing the public and any neighbouring establishments or sites that fall outside the scope of these Regulations in accordance with regulation 24 (domino effects and domino groups) with specific information relating to an accident and the behaviour which should be adopted;

(g)the arrangements for the provision of information to the emergency services of other Member States in the event of a major accident with possible trans-boundary consequences.