{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-prevention-of-fire-and-explosion-and-emergency-response-regulations-1995/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-prevention-of-fire-and-explosion-and-emergency-response-regulations-1995/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/743",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-prevention-of-fire-and-explosion-and-emergency-response-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "General duty",
  "text": "(1) The duty holder shall take appropriate measures with a view to—\n(a) protecting persons on the installation from fire and explosion; and\n(b) securing effective emergency response.\n(2) Any more detailed requirement in regulations 6 to 21 and 22A to 22C for the purposes referred to in paragraph (1) shall be without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(2) inserted (19.7.2015) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/398), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 19 (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/743/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:13:05.380287+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."
}