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The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 in Northern Ireland

S.I. 2015/398 · Made 19 March 2015 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Health And Safety

Environmental Protection

Made 19th March 2015

Laid before Parliament 23rd March 2015

Coming into force 19th July 2015

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 in relation to measures relating to employers' obligations in respect of the health and safety of workers M2 and the environment M3.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

  1. (a)

    section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972;

  2. (b)

    sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a), (4), (5)(b), (6)(b), (c) and (d), and 82(3)(a) of and paragraphs 1(1)(c) and (2), 8(1), 9, 14, 15(1) and 16 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 M4;

  3. (c)

    section 23(1)(b) of the Petroleum Act 1987 M5; and

  4. (d)

    section 1(2) of the Offshore Safety Act 1992 M6.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations, so far as made in exercise of the powers cited in paragraph (b) (as read with the power cited in paragraph (d)), for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Executive under section 11(3) M7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 after the carrying out of consultations by the Executive in accordance with section 50(3) M8 of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The power of Ministers to make regulations in relation to matters as regards Scotland is preserved by section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

M2

S.I. 1999/2027. The Secretary of State is also designated in relation to anything supplemental or related to measures relating to employers' obligations in respect of the health and safety of workers, under article 2(2) of that Order.

M3

S.I. 2008/301.

M4

1974 c.37. Section 15(1) was substituted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 15 to the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c.71) and amended by S.I. 2002/794. Section 15(2) was amended by paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 12 to the Energy Act 2013 (c.32). Section 15(4)(a) was amended by S.I. 2008/960. Section 15(6)(d) was amended by Schedule 12 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45). The general purposes of Part 1 of the 1974 Act are modified by section 1(1) of the Offshore Safety Act 1992.

M5

1987 c. 12. Section 21 of that Act, which provides for the automatic creation of safety zones, was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32). Section 23(1) creates a prohibition on a vessel's entering or remaining in a safety zone and subsection (1)(b) of that section was amended by regulation 4(4)(a) of the Offshore Safety (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1823) which created an exception to the prohibition with a consent given by the Health and Safety Executive and preserved the Secretary of State's power to make regulations providing for an exception to the prohibition. Section 23(8), which defines “vessel,” was amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21), Schedule 13, paragraph 78.

M6

1992 c. 15. Section 1 was amended by paragraph 33(2) of Schedule 4 to the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17).

M7

Section 11 was substituted by article 5 of S.I. 2008/960.

M8

Section 50(3) was amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraph 16(3), the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), Schedule 7, paragraphs 4 and 6, the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), Schedule 12, paragraph 11 and S.I. 2008/960.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Communication and storage of information by electronic means
  4. 4Application and extent
  5. 5Duties of licensee
  6. 6Capacity of operator to meet requirements
  7. 7Corporate major accident prevention policy
  8. 8Safety and environmental management system
  9. 10Other provisions as to verification schemes
  10. 11Establishment of well examination scheme
  11. 12Other provisions as to well examination schemes
  12. 13Description of verification scheme and well examination scheme
  13. 14Defence
  14. 15Design and relocation notifications for production installation
  15. 16Management and control of major accident hazards
  16. 17Safety case for production installation
  17. 18Safety case for non-production installation
  18. 19Design notification and safety case for non-production installation to be converted
  19. 20Safety case for dismantling fixed installation
  20. 21Notification of well operations
  21. 22Notification of combined operations
  22. 23Review of safety case
  23. 24Revision of safety case
  24. 25Power of competent authority in relation to safety cases and related documents
  25. 26Power of the competent authority to prohibit operations
  26. 27Keeping of documents
  27. 28Duty to conform with safety case and notifications of operation
  28. 29Duty to control risk
  29. 30Internal emergency response
  30. 31Communication of national arrangements for confidential reporting of safety concerns etc.
  31. 33Notification of major accident etc.
  32. 35Exemptions
  33. 36Enforcement
  34. 37Appeals
  35. 38Amendments and revocations
  36. 39Transitional provisions and savings
  37. 40Penalties
  38. 41Review
  39. Signature
  40. Schedule 1: PARTICULARS TO BE ADDRESSED IN A CORPORATE MAJOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION POLICY
  41. 1Paragraph 1
  42. 2Paragraph 2
  43. 3Paragraph 3
  44. 4Paragraph 4
  45. 5Paragraph 5
  46. 6Paragraph 6
  47. 7Paragraph 7
  48. 8Paragraph 8
  49. 9Paragraph 9
  50. Schedule 2: MATTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHICH THE CORPORATE MAJOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION POLICY AND SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MUST BE PREPARED
  51. 1Paragraph 1
  52. 2Paragraph 2
  53. 3Paragraph 3
  54. 4Paragraph 4
  55. 5Paragraph 5
  56. Schedule 3: PARTICULARS TO BE ADDRESSED IN A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
  57. 1Paragraph 1
  58. 2Paragraph 2
  59. 3Paragraph 3
  60. 4Paragraph 4
  61. 5Paragraph 5
  62. 6Paragraph 6
  63. 7Paragraph 7
  64. 8Paragraph 8
  65. 9Paragraph 9
  66. 10Paragraph 10
  67. Schedule 4: MATTERS TO BE PROVIDED FOR IN A VERIFICATION SCHEME AND A WELL EXAMINATION SCHEME
  68. Part 1: Matters to be provided for in a verification scheme
  69. 1Paragraph 1
  70. 2Paragraph 2
  71. 3Paragraph 3
  72. 4Paragraph 4
  73. 5Paragraph 5
  74. 6Paragraph 6
  75. Part 2: Matters to be provided for in a well examination scheme
  76. 1Paragraph 1
  77. 2Paragraph 2
  78. 3Paragraph 3
  79. 4Paragraph 4
  80. 5Paragraph 5
  81. 6Paragraph 6
  82. Schedule 5: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A DESIGN NOTIFICATION OR A RELOCATION NOTIFICATION FOR A PRODUCTION INSTALLATION
  83. 1Paragraph 1
  84. 2Paragraph 2
  85. 3Paragraph 3
  86. 4Paragraph 4
  87. 5Paragraph 5
  88. 6Paragraph 6
  89. 7Paragraph 7
  90. 8Paragraph 8
  91. 9Paragraph 9
  92. 10Paragraph 10
  93. 11Paragraph 11
  94. 12Paragraph 12
  95. Schedule 6: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR THE OPERATION OF A PRODUCTION INSTALLATION
  96. 1Paragraph 1
  97. 2Paragraph 2
  98. 3Paragraph 3
  99. 4Paragraph 4
  100. 5Paragraph 5
  101. 6Paragraph 6
  102. 7Paragraph 7
  103. 8Paragraph 8
  104. 9Paragraph 9
  105. 10Paragraph 10
  106. 11Paragraph 11
  107. 12Paragraph 12
  108. 13Paragraph 13
  109. 14Paragraph 14
  110. 15Paragraph 15
  111. 16Paragraph 16
  112. 17Paragraph 17
  113. 18Paragraph 18
  114. 19Paragraph 19
  115. 20Paragraph 20
  116. 21Paragraph 21
  117. 22Paragraph 22
  118. 23Paragraph 23
  119. 24Paragraph 24
  120. Schedule 7: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR A NON-PRODUCTION INSTALLATION
  121. 1Paragraph 1
  122. 2Paragraph 2
  123. 3Paragraph 3
  124. 4Paragraph 4
  125. 5Paragraph 5
  126. 6Paragraph 6
  127. 7Paragraph 7
  128. 8Paragraph 8
  129. 9Paragraph 9
  130. 10Paragraph 10
  131. 11Paragraph 11
  132. 12Paragraph 12
  133. 13Paragraph 13
  134. 14Paragraph 14
  135. 15Paragraph 15
  136. 16Paragraph 16
  137. 17Paragraph 17
  138. 18Paragraph 18
  139. 19Paragraph 19
  140. 20Paragraph 20
  141. Schedule 8: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A CURRENT SAFETY CASE IN RESPECT OF THE DISMANTLING OF A FIXED INSTALLATION
  142. 1Paragraph 1
  143. 2Paragraph 2
  144. 3Paragraph 3
  145. 4Paragraph 4
  146. 5Paragraph 5
  147. 6Paragraph 6
  148. 7Paragraph 7
  149. 8Paragraph 8
  150. 9Paragraph 9
  151. Schedule 9: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NOTIFICATION OF WELL OPERATIONS
  152. 1Paragraph 1
  153. 2Paragraph 2
  154. 3Paragraph 3
  155. 4Paragraph 4
  156. 5Paragraph 5
  157. 6Paragraph 6
  158. 7Paragraph 7
  159. 8Paragraph 8
  160. 9Paragraph 9
  161. 10Paragraph 10
  162. 11Paragraph 11
  163. 12Paragraph 12
  164. 13Paragraph 13
  165. 14Paragraph 14
  166. 15Paragraph 15
  167. 16Paragraph 16
  168. Schedule 10: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NOTIFICATION OF COMBINED OPERATIONS
  169. 1Paragraph 1
  170. 2Paragraph 2
  171. 3Paragraph 3
  172. 4Paragraph 4
  173. 5Paragraph 5
  174. 6Paragraph 6
  175. Schedule 11: MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED IN PREPARING AND REVISING STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE ON BEST PRACTICE IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF MAJOR HAZARDS
  176. 1Paragraph 1
  177. 2Paragraph 2
  178. 3Paragraph 3
  179. 4Paragraph 4
  180. 5Paragraph 5
  181. 6Paragraph 6
  182. 7Paragraph 7
  183. 8Paragraph 8
  184. 9Paragraph 9
  185. 10Paragraph 10
  186. Schedule 12: APPEALS
  187. Part 1: General
  188. 1Paragraph 1
  189. 2Paragraph 2
  190. 3Paragraph 3
  191. 4Paragraph 4
  192. 5Paragraph 5
  193. Part 2: Hearing
  194. 6Paragraph 6
  195. 7Paragraph 7
  196. 8Paragraph 8
  197. 9Paragraph 9
  198. 10Paragraph 10
  199. 11Paragraph 11
  200. Schedule 13: AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATIONS
  201. Part 1: Amendments
  202. 1Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989
  203. 2Paragraph 2
  204. 3Paragraph 3
  205. 4Paragraph 4
  206. 5Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989
  207. 6Paragraph 6
  208. 7Paragraph 7
  209. 8Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995
  210. 9Paragraph 9
  211. 10Paragraph 10
  212. 11Paragraph 11
  213. 12Paragraph 12
  214. 13Paragraph 13
  215. 14Paragraph 14
  216. 15Paragraph 15
  217. 16Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995
  218. 17Paragraph 17
  219. 18Paragraph 18
  220. 19Paragraph 19
  221. 20Paragraph 20
  222. 21Paragraph 21
  223. 22Paragraph 22
  224. 23Paragraph 23
  225. 24Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996
  226. 25Paragraph 25
  227. 26Paragraph 26
  228. 27Paragraph 27
  229. 28Paragraph 28
  230. 29Paragraph 29
  231. 30Paragraph 30
  232. 31Paragraph 31
  233. 32Paragraph 32
  234. 33Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005
  235. 34Paragraph 34
  236. 35Paragraph 35
  237. 36Paragraph 36
  238. 37Paragraph 37
  239. 38Paragraph 38
  240. 39Paragraph 39
  241. 40Paragraph 40
  242. 41Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
  243. 42Health and Safety and Nuclear (Fees) Regulations 2015
  244. 2Revocations of Instruments
  245. Schedule 14: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
  246. Part 1: Interpretation
  247. 1Interpretation
  248. Part 2: Continued application of the 2005 regime in relation to external waters during the transitional period
  249. 2General saving of the 2005 regime
  250. 3Continued application of the 2005 regime to existing and proposed non-production installations
  251. 4Continued application of the 2005 regime to existing and proposed production installations
  252. 5Continued application of the 2005 regime to well operations
  253. 6Design notification for production installations to be established during transitional period
  254. 7Design notification: election to prepare notification under these Regulations
  255. 8Election to prepare a safety case under these Regulations
  256. 9Treatment of current safety cases for installations continuing under the 2005 regime
  257. 10Paragraph 10
  258. 11Paragraph 11
  259. Part 3: Transition from the 2005 regime
  260. 12Improvement notices issued before the end of the transitional period
  261. 13Prohibition notices issued before the end of the transitional period
  262. 14Design etc. notifications
  263. 15Paragraph 15
  264. Explanatory note