Definitions
Name | Term description | Source |
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Sound Environmental Performance |
Valid reasoning and good judgement has been applied to proactively improve environmental performance. The measure of success for 'sound environmental performance' is defined within S&EP Leaflet 18/2023. |
S&EP Leaflet 18/2023 |
Safety |
The freedom from unacceptable risks to personnel. |
JSP 454 |
Safety Assessment |
A term used to refer to the whole assessment used to identify hazards, analyse those hazards, estimate risk, validate and verify compliance with requirements. |
JSP 454 |
Safety Panel |
A group of stakeholders that exercises oversees reviews and endorses safety management and safety engineering activities. |
JSP 454 |
Serious Equipment Failure |
Defined as an incident with equipment that results in, or has the potential to result in, personal injury, loss of life or serious damage. |
JSP 454 |
Shall |
Describes an activity that is mandatory. |
JSP 454 |
Should |
Describes an activity that is considered to be best practice. If the activity is followed then this will be considered sufficient to demonstrate compliance with a Regulation. However, alternative approaches may be utilised where this produces an outcome as good as required by the Regulation. |
JSP 454 |
SFAIRP |
So far as is reasonably practicable (SFAIRP) is the term most often used in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act and in Statutory Regulations. Broadly equivalent to ALARP. |
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
Safety and Environmental Management System |
The organisational structure, processes, procedures and methodologies that enable the direction and control of the activities necessary to meet safety and environmental requirements and policy objectives. |
Def Stan 00-56 Issue 6 |
Safety Case |
A structured argument, supported by a body of evidence that provides a compelling, comprehensible and valid case that a system is safe for a given application in a given operating environment. |
Def Stan 00-56 Issue 6 |
Safety Management Plan |
A document that defines the strategy for addressing safety and documents the Safety Management System for a specific project. |
Def Stan 00-056 Issue 8 |
Safety Management System |
The organisational structure, processes, procedures and methodologies that enable the direction and control of the activities necessary to meet Safety Requirements and safety policy objectives. |
Def Stan 00-056 Issue 8 |
System |
A combination, with defined boundaries, of elements that are used together in a defined operating environment to perform a given task or achieve a specific purpose. The elements may include personnel, procedures, materials, tools, products, facilities, services and/or data as appropriate. |
Def Stan 00-056 Issue 8 |
System of Systems |
A system that includes more than one element that are themselves systems, and which are interdependent but are not necessarily controlled by the same authority or mechanism. |
Def Stan 00-056 Issue 8 |
Safety and Environmental Case Report |
A report that summarises the arguments and evidence of the Safety and Environmental Case, and documents progress against the safety and environmental management plan. This can be separated into two documents – Safety Case Report and Environmental Case Report. |
Adapted from Def Stan 00-56 Issue 6 |
Safety and Environmental Management Plan |
A document that defines the strategy for addressing safety and environmental protection and documents the Safety and Environmental Management System for a specific project. |
Adapted from Def Stan 00-56 Issue 6 |
Safety Integrity |
Properties of the system that contribute to resistance to dangerous failure, including (but not limited to) reliability, availability, robustness, timeliness and use of resources. |
Adapted from Def Stan 00-56 Issue 4 |
Suitable and Sufficient |
Wording required here, as it’s a phrase used in the clauses. |