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Identification of Legal and Compliance Procedure

This document outlines the procedure for identifying and ensuring compliance with legal and other requirements related to environmental and occupational health and safety standards for an organization in Qatar. It assigns responsibilities to managers for identifying requirements, maintaining an updated list, and ensuring compliance. It describes monitoring legal requirements for changes, communicating changes, and preparing compliance reports. Records of legal requirements and compliance are maintained in a legal register format.

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Identification of Legal and Compliance Procedure

This document outlines the procedure for identifying and ensuring compliance with legal and other requirements related to environmental and occupational health and safety standards for an organization in Qatar. It assigns responsibilities to managers for identifying requirements, maintaining an updated list, and ensuring compliance. It describes monitoring legal requirements for changes, communicating changes, and preparing compliance reports. Records of legal requirements and compliance are maintained in a legal register format.

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Doc Name: PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF

LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS &


COMPLIANCE
Doc Code : BG/TM/PRO-04/13 Rev:00

1.0 PURPOSE
To establish a system for identification / updating of the legislative / regulatory (LR) and other applicable
requirements (OR) as applicable to various environmental aspects and occupational health and safety hazards
over which the organization has control and its evaluation towards compliance.

2.0 SCOPE
All Acts, Rules & Regulations related to Environment / pollution and Occupational Health & Safety of State
of Qatar (MOE) applicable to the BCG.

3.0 RESPONSIBILITY
The MR and the Project Managers are responsible for identifying the Legal and other requirements and the
HSE Manager is responsible for ensuring the compliance of the same.

4.0 DEFINITIONS & ABBREVIATIONS :


LR: Legal Requirements- Requirements that are stated by the State of Qatar

 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION LAW BY DECREE NO 30 OF 2002


 LABOUR LAW 14 OF 2004

OR: Other Requirements- Requirements that are stated by the Organisation, Best Industry Standards, Main
Contractors / Clients.

5.0 PROCEDURE

5.1 IDENTIFICATION and UPDATION OF LR & OR :

5.1.1 The MR and the Project Managers identify, track, and maintain a list of all applicable legal and other
requirements. This is done in accordance with the norms passed by the HSE Regulations & Enforcement
Directorate, Ministry of Environment -STATE Of QATAR. The list is kept updated and current. Means and
methods to identify legal and other requirements include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a) Intranet
(b) Regulators
(c) Legal Services
(d) Material Suppliers (MSDS)
(e) Main Contractors

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Doc Name: PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF
LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS &
COMPLIANCE
Doc Code : BG/TM/PRO-04/13 Rev:00

5.1.2 The MR reviews the above legal and other requirements on a regular basis. When legal and/or other
requirements change, the MR notifies Project Managers and On-Site contractors.

5.1.3 Methods used to communicate these changes include:

a. memo,
b. e-mail,
c. telephone call,
d. meetings, and
e. Intranet.

5.1.4 The MR maintains a Legal Register & Compliance BG/TM/FRM-07/13, Rev:01 of


legislative/regulatory requirements containing following details:

 Applicable articles of relevant Acts /Rules/Regulations to company operations.


 Standards / Norms prescribed in Acts / Rules/ Regulations and company threshold limits, if any
 Statutory records to be maintained for verification if any, by legislative / regulatory representative(s).
 Permits/consents/ required and their dates of renewal/submission where applicable.

5.2 COMPLAINCE OF LEGAL & OTHER REQUIRMENTS:

5.2.1 The MR ensures that the legal and other requirements to which the organization subscribes through
their consent/license conditions is monitored and its routine monitoring results recorded. Prepare compliance
report based on the various requirements to which the organization subscribes for Environment,
Occupational Health and Safety requirements once in three months.

6.0 RECORD:
LEGAL REGISTER AND COMPLIANCE: BG/TM/FRM -07/13; Rev:01

CROSS REFRENCE OF PROCEDURE

Section No Procedure Format Page no in the procedure

4.3.2 BG/TM/PRO-04/13 BG/TM/FRM- 2

07/13

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