# The Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Paragraph 2: Offshore installations

Extent: N.I.

(1) This paragraph shall apply to and in relation to –
(a) any offshore installation and any activity on it;
(b) any activity in connection with an offshore installation, or any activity which is immediately preparatory thereto, whether carried on from the installation itself, in or from a vessel or in any other manner, other than –
(i) transporting, towing or navigating the installation; and
(ii) any activity in or from a vessel being used as a stand-by vessel;
(c) a diving project involving –
(i) the survey and preparation of the sea bed for an offshore installation;
(ii) the survey and restoration of the sea bed consequent on the removal of an offshore installation.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), in this paragraph, “offshore installation” means a structure which is, or is to be, or has been, used while standing or stationed in water, or on the foreshore or other land intermittently covered with water –
(a) for the exploitation, or exploration with a view to exploitation, of mineral resources by means of a well;
(b) for the storage of gas in or under the shore or bed of any water or the recovery of gas so stored;
(c) for the conveyance of things by means of a pipe; or
(d) mainly for the provision of accommodation for persons who work on or from a structure falling within any of the provisions of this sub-paragraph,
together with any supplementary unit which is ordinarily connected to it, and all the connections.
(3) Any reference in sub-paragraph (2) to a structure or unit does not include –
(a) a structure which is connected with dry land by a permanent structure providing access at all times and for all purposes;
(b) a well;
(c) a structure which has ceased to be used for any of the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (2) and has since been used for a purpose not so specified;
(d) a mobile structure which has been taken out of use and is not yet being moved with a view to its being used for any of the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (2); and
(e) any part of a pipeline.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/45/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/diving-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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