{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/228",
  "legislation_title": "Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Modifications of statutory provisions",
  "text": "(1) The 1993 Regulations shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 2.\n(2) In regulation 2 of the 1995 Regulations—\n(a) in paragraph (1) after the definition of “relevant waters” there shall be inserted the following definition—\n‘ “stand-by vessel” means a vessel which is ready to give assistance in the event of an emergency on or near an offshore installation;';\n(b) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person shall be deemed to be engaged in diving operations throughout any period from the time when he commences to prepare for diving until the time when—\n(a) he is no longer subjected to raised pressure;\n(b) he has normal inert gas partial pressure in his tissues; and\n(c) if he entered the water, he has left it,\nand diving operations include the activity of any person in connection with the health and safety of a person who is, or is deemed to be, engaged in diving operations.”.\n(3) Regulation 2 of the Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be renumbered “2.—(1)”, and after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—\n“(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, any structures and devices on top of a well shall be treated as forming part of the well.\n(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person shall be deemed to be engaged in diving operations throughout any period from the time when he commences to prepare for diving until the time when—\n(a) he is no longer subjected to raised pressure;\n(b) he has normal inert gas partial pressure in his tissues; and\n(c) if he entered the water, he has left it,\nand diving operations include the activity of any person in connection with the health and safety of a person who is, or is deemed to be, engaged in diving operations.”.\n(4) In regulation 2 (now 2(1)) of the Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995, in the definition of “pipeline”, “pipeline works,”, “territorial waters” and “vessel”, after the words “pipeline works,” there shall be inserted the words “stand-by vessel,”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in operation at 21.7.1996, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1995 No. 345"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/228",
      "affecting_title": "Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2007/247",
      "affecting_title": "The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/228/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T03:32:24.476906+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."
}