Facilities Verification Scheme A Facilities Verification Scheme is a description of the work carried out by Independent Competent Body(s) to verify whether a petroleum undertaking has identified and continues to meet suitable performance standards for SCEs for pipelines and Facilities (except wells. Facility A piece of petroleum infrastructure other than a pipeline. Framework The Petroleum Safety Framework established under section I of the Act that comprises a collection of regulations, written regulatory documents and procedures which, taken together, describe the system the CER will use to regulate the activities of petroleum undertakings with respect to safety.