# The Offshore Installations (Logbooks and Registration of Death) Regulations 1972, Regulation 8


Where any person—
(a) dies on an offshore installation or is lost from an installation in circumstances such that it is reasonable to believe that he has died; or
(b) dies in or on a lifeboat, liferaft or other emergency survival craft belonging to an offshore installation or is lost therefrom in such circumstances as aforesaid; or
(c) otherwise dies or is lost in such circumstances as aforesaid in the neighbourhood of an offshore installation while engaged in any operation connected with the installation;
and the death or loss is not required to be registered under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 or under any regulations made under section 72 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (which relates to returns of births and deaths in ships), a return of death in the form set out in the Schedule hereto shall be made in accordance with Regulation 9.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1542/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-logbooks-and-registration-of-death-regulations-1972/regulation-8
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