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Regulation 4 ApplicationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

F1Except for regulations 21F and 21G (which provide for their own application), these Regulations shall apply—

(a)

in Great Britain; and

(b)

to and in relation to offshore installations, wells, pipelines and activities outside Great Britain to which sections 1 to 59 and 80 to 82 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 apply by virtue of articles 4(1) F2and (2), 5 and 6 of the F32013 Order.

(2)

Regulations 6 to 21 shall not apply in relation to an offshore installation which is in transit to or from a location; and an offshore installation is not in transit to or from a location while it is being manoeuvred at the location.

(3)

Save where otherwise expressly provided, nothing in regulations 6 to 13 or 15 to 18 shall impose a duty in relation to an offshore installation while there are no persons aboard.

F4(4)

Regulations 21A to 21E do not apply to an offshore installation—

(a)

registered as a vessel (whether registered in the United Kingdom or elsewhere); or

(b)

which is in transit to or from a station; or

(c)

which is unmanned.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (19.7.2015) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/398), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 11(2) (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 14)

F2

Words in reg. 4(1)(b) substituted (19.7.2015) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/398), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 11(3)(a) (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 14)

F3

Word in reg. 4(1)(b) substituted (19.7.2015) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/398), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 11(3)(b) (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 14)

F4

Reg. 4(4) inserted (19.7.2015) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/398), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 11(4) (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 14)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 4 in force at 20.6.1995, see reg. 1