# The Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Paragraph 4: Pipelines

Extent: N.I.

(1) This paragraph applies to and in relation to –
(a) any pipeline;
(b) any pipeline works;
(c) the following activities in connection with pipeline works –
(i) the loading, unloading, fuelling or provisioning of a vessel;
(ii) the loading, unloading, fuelling, repair and maintenance of an aircraft in a vessel, being in either case a vessel which is engaged in pipeline works.
(2) In this paragraph –
“pipeline” means a pipe or system of pipes for the conveyance of any thing, together with –
(a) any apparatus for inducing or facilitating the flow of any thing through, or through part of, the pipe or system;
(b) any apparatus for treating or cooling any thing which is to flow through, or through part of, the pipe or system;
(c) valves, valve chambers and similar works which are annexed to, or incorporated in the course of, the pipe or system;
(d) apparatus for supplying energy for the operation of any such apparatus or works as are mentioned in heads (a) to (c);
(e) apparatus for the transmission of information for the operation of the pipe or system;
(f) apparatus for the cathodic protection of the pipe or system; and
(g) a structure used or to be used solely for the support of a part of the pipe or system;
but not including a pipeline of which no initial or terminal point is situated in the United Kingdom, within the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, or within a designated area;
“pipeline works” means –
(a) assembling or placing a pipeline or length of pipeline including the provision of internal or external protection for it;
(b) inspecting, testing, maintaining, adjusting, repairing, altering or renewing a pipeline or length of pipeline;
(c) changing the position of or dismantling or removing a pipeline or length of pipeline;
(d) opening the bed of the sea for the purposes of the works mentioned in heads (a) to (c), and tunnelling or boring for those purposes;
(e) any activities incidental to the activities described in heads (a) to (d);
(f) a diving project in connection with any of the works mentioned in heads (a) to (e) or for the purpose of determining whether a place is suitable as part of the site of a proposed pipeline and the carrying out of surveying operations for settling the route of a proposed pipeline.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/45/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/diving-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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