{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-2015/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/398",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Establishment of verification scheme",
  "text": "(1) The duty holder must establish a scheme (a “verification scheme”) for ensuring, by the means described in paragraph (2), that the safety and environmental-critical elements and the specified plant—\n(a) are or, where they remain to be provided, will be suitable; and\n(b) where they have been provided, remain in good repair and condition.\n(2) The means are—\n(a) examination, including testing where appropriate, of the safety and environmental-critical elements and the specified plant by a verifier;\n(b) examination of any design, specification, certificate, marking or other document, or standard relating to those elements or that plant by a verifier;\n(c) examination by a verifier of work in progress;\n(d) the creation of reports by a verifier on—\n(i) the examination and testing carried out;\n(ii) the findings; and\n(iii) any remedial action recommended;\n(e) the taking of appropriate action by the duty holder following a report;\n(f) the making of a note of action taken by the duty holder following a report;\n(g) the reporting by a verifier to the duty holder of any instances of non-compliance of the duty holder with the standards of the scheme;\n(h) the taking of other such steps as may be provided for pursuant to regulation 10 and Part 1 of Schedule 4; and\n(i) the taking of any steps incidental to the means described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g).\n(3) The duty holder must ensure that—\n(a) the verification scheme is drawn up by or in consultation with the verifier and recorded in writing; and\n(b) a note is made of any reservation expressed by the verifier as to the content of the scheme in the course of drawing it up.\n(4) The duty holder must—\n(a) produce a written record of the safety and environmental-critical elements and the specified plant;\n(b) invite comment on the record by a verifier; and\n(c) make a note of any reservation expressed by a verifier as to the contents of the record.\n(5) The duties in paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) must be completed—\n(a) in the case of a production installation, before completion of its design; and\n(b) in the case of a non-production installation, before it is moved into external waters with a view to its being operated there.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 9(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 18 para. 1(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/398/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:46:05.014387+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."
}