The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case
  • (1) In these Regulations—
    • the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
    • the 1995 Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 ;
    • competent authority” means the Executive and the Secretary of State acting jointly;
    • corporate major accident prevention policy” has the meaning given in regulation 7(2) ;
    • current safety case” means a safety case in respect of an installation which has been accepted by the competent authority pursuant to these Regulations and includes any revision to it which—
      • (a) may take effect without the acceptance of the competent authority; or
      • (b) has been accepted by the competent authority;
    • Directive 92/91/EEC” means Council Directive 92/91/EEC concerning the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in the mineral-extracting industries through drilling ;
    • Directive 2013/30/EU” means Directive 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and amending Directive 2004/35/EC;
    • dismantling” means the dismantling or removal of the main and secondary structure of a fixed installation at the place at which it was operated, and “dismantled” is to be construed accordingly;
    • diving bell” means a compression chamber which is capable of being manned and is used or designed for use under the surface of water in supporting human life, being a chamber in which any occupant is or may be subject to a pressure of more than 300 millibars above atmospheric pressure during normal operations;
    • duty holder” means—
      • (a) in relation to a production installation, the operator; and
      • (b) in relation to a non-production installation, the owner;
    • the Executive”...

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