# The Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996, Regulation 9: Reporting of danger to an installation

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The duty holder shall ensure that, ... after the appearance of evidence of a significant threat to the integrity of an installation, a report is made to the Executive in writing identifying such threat and specifying any action taken or to be taken to avert it.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to anything of which the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 require a report to be made.
(3) The report must be made—
(a) where the installation is in external waters, within 10 working days after the appearance of evidence of the significant threat; and
(b) in any other case, within 10 days after the appearance of that evidence.
(4) In paragraph (3) “working days” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of Great Britain.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/913/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-1996/regulation-9
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