Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Regulations listed below so that the requirements also apply to offshore installations that are used for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (“CCUS”) and for offshore hydrogen production.
The Regulations being amended are—
the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 (“MAR”) (S.I. 1995/738), which contain requirements for the management and administration of offshore oil and gas installations, for purposes of health and safety,
the Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/743), which contain requirements for measures for the protection of persons on offshore oil and gas installations from fire and explosion, and for securing effective “emergency response”, which means action to safeguard the health and safety of persons on such installations in an emergency,
the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/825), which contain requirements relating to pipelines, for purposes of health and safety,
the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/913), which contain requirements for ensuring that offshore oil and gas installations, and oil and gas wells are designed, constructed and kept in a sound structural state, and other requirements affecting them, for purposes of health and safety
the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1471), which contain requirements that the responsible person must notify, and subsequently send a report to, the relevant enforcing authority by an approved means in relation to fatal and certain non-fatal work-related accidents, specified diseases contracted by persons at work and certain specified dangerous occurrences, and
the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/398), which contain requirements for the preparation of safety cases for offshore installations and the notification of specified activities to the competent authority.
Regulations 2 to 7 of these Regulations amend definitions in the Regulations listed above, including to add definitions of CCUS and offshore hydrogen production. Regulation 2(4) of these Regulations amends regulation 21F of MAR so that duty holders are required to transport inspectors to wind and marine energy installations. Regulation 8 requires a review of the regulatory provision contained in these Regulations.
A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from Health and Safety Executive, Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 7HS and is annexed alongside the Explanatory Memorandum on www.legislation.gov.uk.