This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to oversee the operations of an incident management or crisis management team to ensure compliance with legislation and/or regulations.An incident is an event which causes, or could have caused, injury or illness; damage to plant, material or the environment; disruption to production or public alarm.An incident is an unintended event, or an unintended consequence of an intended event, such as: fire and explosionloss of containmentexcursions above/below acceptable limits for emissions or plant conditionsexcursions above occupational hygiene or biological exposure limitsnon-compliance with regulatory requirementssecurity breachesfailure to follow procedurescomplaintsvehicle incidentson/off-site incidents.This unit of competency applies to enterprise legal officers, environmental officers, safety officers or those in similar roles who are required to advise the management team on potential and actual breaches of legislation in the development of incident response plans, implement and evaluate incident response activities, submit organisational reports and prepare for legal proceedings on compliance issues. This unit of competency applies to an individual working alone or as part of an incident management team and working in liaison with other members of the incident management team and the incident manager, as appropriate.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.