# The Offshore Installations (Amendment) Regulations 1991, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend provisions of Regulations made under the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 which refer to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and his Department, by substituting references to the Health and Safety Executive. The provisions in question relate to the maintenance of a Register of Offshore Installations, the issue of forms and logbooks, the submission of certain notices and the reporting of casualties. The Health and Safety Executive will exercise all the functions conferred on the Secretary of State by the 1971 Act and the Regulations under it from 1st April 1991, pursuant to an agency agreement under section 13(1)(b) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/679/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-amendment-regulations-1991/note
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