{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-30/annex-V/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-30/annex-V/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2013/30",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and amending Directive 2004/35/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-30",
  "path": "annex/V/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Member States shall require the operator or owner to ensure the following conditions are fulfilled with regard to the verifier’s independence from the operator and the owner:",
  "text": "(a) the function does not require the independent verifier to consider any aspect of a safety and environmental critical element or any part of an installation or a well or a well design in which the verifier was previously involved prior to the verification activity or where his or her objectivity might be compromised;\n(b) the independent verifier is sufficiently independent of a management system which has, or has had, any responsibility for any aspect of a component covered by the scheme for independent verification or well examination so as to ensure objectivity in carrying out his or her functions under the scheme.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/30/annex/V/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:53.643497+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}