Guidelines and Guidance Notes are issued by NOPSEMA to advise industry on policy and procedure, and to assist inspectors in carrying out their duties. The current guidance material may be obtained from the index below.

DISCLAIMER: This material is intended to provide general guidance to the industry as to the approach that NOPSEMA 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.  This guidance should not be relied on as advice on the law, nor treated as a substitute for legal advice in any relevant situation.

Guidance 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

GL0019   Frequently Asked Questions on Operator Nomination

Revision 3 : PDF

GN0253   Facility Definition

Revision 1 : PDF

GL0619   Replacement of a Registered Operator for an Operating Facility

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 3 : July 2011 : 1638kB PDF

GN0087   Safety Case Lifecycle Management

Revision 3 : July 2011 : 2104kB PDF

GN0106   Safety Case Content and Level of Detail

Revision 3 : July 2011 : 2153kB PDF

GN0107   Hazard Identification

Revision 3 : July 2011 : PDF

GN0165   Risk Assessment

Revision 2 : July 2011 : PDF

GN0271   Control Measures and Performance Standards

Revision 2 : July 2011 : PDF

GN0166   ALARP

Revision 2 : July 2011 : PDF

GL0238   Safety Case and PSMP Levies

Version 5.1 : PDF

GL0525   Validation

Revision 5 : 2 November 2011 : PDF

GL0225   Making Assessment Submissions to NOPSEMA

Revision 1 : PDF

Incident Investigation

GN0099   Notification and Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences

Revision 7 : 9 March 2011 : PDF : This Guidance Note is best printed in colour, double sided, on an A3 page.

FM0831   Form - Report of an Accident or Dangerous Occurrence

Revision 1 : 30 March 2011 : MS Word

GL0033   Monthly Summary Reporting

Revision 4 : 15 March 2010 : PDF

FM0522   Form - Monthly Summary Report

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

GN0191   Noise Exposure Standard

Revision 2 : January 2011 : PDF

GN0401   Noise Management - Principles of Risk Assessment and Control

Revision 2 : January 2011 : PDF

Glossary for Regulatory Operations

GL0326   Glossary for Regulatory Operations

Version 2.1 : PDF