Major Hazard Facility
Major Hazard Facility : The whole area under the control of an operator: (1) upon or within which an activity takes place involving or likely to involve the processing, production, disposal, handling, use or storage, either temporarily or permanently, of a quantity of materials which exceeds the threshold or aggregate quantity, as determined in accordance with Schedule 1 of the National Standard for the Control of Major Hazard Facilities, The Identification of a Major Hazard Facility; or (2) that the relevant public authority classifies, in accordance with section 5.6 of the National Standard for the Control of Major Hazard Facilities, to be a major hazard facility; and also includes all areas, such as associated production equipment, permanent or in-transit storage, ancillary equipment or processes, marshalling yards, docks, piers, jetties, depots, pipelines or similar structures whether floating or not. See also: Hazardous Industry and Hazardous Facility
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