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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-2015/schedule-13/paragraph-17",
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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": "schedule/13/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of the “2001 Order” replace the words “2001” with “ 2013 ” in both places in which they occur;\n(b) after the definition of “the 1995 Regulations” insert—\n““the 2005 Regulations” means the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005;\n“the 2015 Regulations” means the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015;”;\n(c) after the definition of “acoustic signal” insert—\n““competent authority” means the Executive and the Secretary of State acting jointly;”;\n(d) after the definition of “explosion” insert—\n““external emergency response plan” means the Search and Rescue Framework for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as published by the Secretary of State, as revised or re-issued from time to time;\n“external waters” means the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain and any area designated by order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964;”;\n(e) after the definition of “installation” insert—\n““internal waters” means tidal waters and parts of the sea in or adjacent to Great Britain up to the landward limits of the territorial sea;”\n(f) for the definition of “licensee” substitute—\n““licensee”—\n(a)in relation to internal waters, means any person to whom a licence to search and bore for and get petroleum in respect of any area within internal waters is granted pursuant to section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 or section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998; and\n(b)in relation to external waters, means an offshore licensee as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing (Offshore Safety Directive) Regulations 2015;”;\n(g) for the definition of “major accident” substitute—\n““major accident”—\n(a)in relation to internal waters, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2005 Regulations; and\n(b)in relation to external waters, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;”;\n(h) for the definition of “operator” substitute—\n““operator”—\n(a)in relation to internal waters—\n(i)in relation to the dismantling of a fixed installation (as a fixed installation is defined in the 2005 Regulations), has the meaning given in regulation 11(4) of the 2005 Regulations; and\n(ii)otherwise, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2005 Regulations in relation to a production installation; and\n(b)in relation to external waters, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;”;\n(i) in the definition of “owner” after “controls” insert “ or is entitled to control ”;\n(j) for the definition of “production installation” substitute—\n““production installation”—\n(a)in relation to internal waters, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2005 Regulations; and\n(b)in relation to external waters, has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/398/schedule/13/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:46:05.014387+00:00"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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