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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/406",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A description of—\n(a) the chosen design concept in relation to the major hazard scenarios for the particular installation and its intended location, and the primary risk control features, including suitable diagrams, and a summary of the other design options which were considered;\n(b) how the chosen design concept is intended to ensure—\n(i) compliance with the requirements set out in regulations 5 (Requirements as to operational integrity and composition) and 10 (Integrity in dismantlement) of the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996; and\n(ii) that risks with the potential to cause a major accident are reduced to the lowest level that is reasonably practicable; and\n(c) the criteria used to select the chosen design concept and the process by which the selection was made.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 4 in operation at 19.12.2016, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 228, as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 150, S.R. 2005 No. 397, S.R. 2007 No. 165, S.R. 2007 No. 247 and revoked in part by S.R. 1998 No. 47 and S.R. 2006 No. 1"
    }
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  },
  "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."
}