166 Operators of establishments brought into upper tier by modifications leading

to a change in quantity of dangerous substance

an operator-initiated change
must prepare their safety report in advance of the change to their inventory.
167 For an existing site of operation or lower-tier establishment, the start of
operation for the modification is considered to be when the presence of dangerou
s
substances meets or exceeds one of the threshold values in Schedule 1.
168 The pre-modification safety report submission must meet the requirements of
regulations 8 and 9 and Schedules 2 and 3. In some circumstances, the scale and
complexity of the planned modification may lead the operator to adopt a similar
approach to that for pre-construction and pre-operation safety reports, ie a rol
ling
submission of documents, which taken together would contain all the information
required. This approach should be agreed with the competent authority.
169 Major accidents should be prevented by measures that eliminate or reduce
hazard. Therefore, the competent authority should have the opportunity to review
as much information as possible at an early stage in the development of the prem
odification
safety report, to determine whether inherent features of the
modification design are sufficient to prevent, control and mitigate major accide
nts