Schedule Part 5 - Health and Safety Plan

The Services must be managed and operated in a manner that consistently provides the highest standards of health and safety.

CFL shall exhibit a robust health and safety policy, with a nominated individual who shall have defined authority for establishing, maintaining and reporting to Scottish Ministers on health and safety. CFL shall ensure there is a senior level individual with overall responsibility for health and safety performance.

CFL shall consult annually with employees and the trade unions on the development, implementation and performance of its health and safety practices.

Health and Safety Plan

The Health and Safety Plan shall:

list of the statutory requirements that CFL considers shall be met.

Contain details of the health and safety management system to meet statutory requirements including monitoring and benchmarking activities.

Contain details of how compliance with the plan will be monitored.

Contain the name of the individual responsible for all health and safety matters

Set out the organisational structure of the management of Health and safety, including the board level person responsible for the conduct of health and safety performance

Contain proposals for developing a zero-accident culture during the provision of the Services including metrics to demonstrate performance against targets.

Deliverables and Milestones

• CFL is required to provide all deliverables and meet all milestones outlined in Table 25. Additionally, CFL may propose additional deliverables and milestones for approval by Scottish Ministers.

Table 25

Deliverable/Milestone	Delivery Date
CFL to update and review Health and Safety Plan.	Annually
CFL to monitor / audit and review activity to ensure compliance with the Health and Safety Plan.	Ongoing
CFL shall ensure continued compliance of operations with all statutory requirements of the UK, EU, and International Maritime Organisation.	Ongoing
CFL shall ensure certification to and compliance with the International Safety Management code (ISM) through its safety management system which is designed to deliver the requirements of ISO 45001: Occupational Health and Safety	Commencement Date
1.1.1. CFL shall ensure continued monitoring of compliance with H&S Plan and allow audits by MCA, HSE and LRQA	Ongoing
1.1.2. CFL to ensure it has a mechanism to enable date capture and reporting on Health, Safety, Quality & Environmental performance.	Ongoing
1.1.3. CFL to undertake emergency exercises twice a year involving external participants and members of CFL’s silver team (emergency response support team).	Ongoing