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The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992

S.I. 1992/2885 · Made 16 November 1992

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Made 16th November 1992

Laid before Parliament 27th November 1992

Coming into force—

All regulations except regulation 11 31st May 1993

regulation 11 30th November 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a), (4)(a), (5)(b), (6)(b), 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 1974f1 (“the 1974 Act”) and section 1(2) of the Offshore Safety Act 1992f2 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to her by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

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1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71) Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively; the general purposes of Part I referred to in section 15(1) were extended by section 1(1) of the Offshore Safety Act 1992 (c. 15).

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1992 c. 15.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Application
  4. 4Safety cases for fixed installations
  5. 5Safety case for mobile installations
  6. 6Safety case for combined operations
  7. 7Safety case for abandonment of fixed installations
  8. 8Management of health and safety and control of major accident hazards
  9. 9Revision of safety cases
  10. 10Duty to conform with safety case
  11. 11Notification of well operations
  12. 12Notification of construction activities
  13. 13Transitional provisions
  14. 14Co-operation
  15. 15Keeping of documents
  16. 16Amendments to the Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989
  17. 17Exemptions
  18. Signature
  19. Schedule 1: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR THE DESIGN OF A FIXED INSTALLATION
  20. 1Paragraph 1
  21. 2Paragraph 2
  22. 3Paragraph 3
  23. 4Paragraph 4
  24. 5Paragraph 5
  25. 6Paragraph 6
  26. 7Paragraph 7
  27. 8Paragraph 8
  28. 9Paragraph 9
  29. 10Paragraph 10
  30. 11Paragraph 11
  31. 12Paragraph 12
  32. 13Paragraph 13
  33. 14Paragraph 14
  34. Schedule 2: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR THE OPERATION OF A FIXED INSTALLATION
  35. 1Paragraph 1
  36. 2Paragraph 2
  37. 3Paragraph 3
  38. 4Paragraph 4
  39. 5Paragraph 5
  40. 6Paragraph 6
  41. 7Paragraph 7
  42. 8Paragraph 8
  43. 9Paragraph 9
  44. 10Paragraph 10
  45. 11Paragraph 11
  46. 12Paragraph 12
  47. 13Paragraph 13
  48. 14Paragraph 14
  49. Schedule 3: TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR A MOBILE INSTALLATION
  50. 1Paragraph 1
  51. 2Paragraph 2
  52. 3Paragraph 3
  53. 4Paragraph 4
  54. 5Paragraph 5
  55. 6Paragraph 6
  56. 7Paragraph 7
  57. 8Paragraph 8
  58. 9Paragraph 9
  59. 10Paragraph 10
  60. 11Paragraph 11
  61. 12Paragraph 12
  62. 13Paragraph 13
  63. Schedule 4: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR COMBINED OPERATIONS
  64. 1Paragraph 1
  65. 2Paragraph 2
  66. 3Paragraph 3
  67. 4Paragraph 4
  68. 5Paragraph 5
  69. 6Paragraph 6
  70. 7Paragraph 7
  71. Schedule 5: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF A FIXED INSTALLATION
  72. 1Paragraph 1
  73. 2Paragraph 2
  74. 3Paragraph 3
  75. 4Paragraph 4
  76. 5Paragraph 5
  77. 6Paragraph 6
  78. 7Paragraph 7
  79. 8Paragraph 8
  80. 9Paragraph 9
  81. 10Paragraph 10
  82. Schedule 6: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN NOTIFICATION OF WELL OPERATIONS
  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. Schedule 7: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN NOTIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
  95. 1Paragraph 1
  96. 2Paragraph 2
  97. 3Paragraph 3
  98. 4Paragraph 4
  99. 5Paragraph 5
  100. 6Paragraph 6
  101. 7Paragraph 7
  102. Schedule 8AMENDMENTS TO THE OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS REPRESENTATIVES AND SAFETY COMMITTEES 1989
  103. 1Paragraph 1
  104. 2Paragraph 2
  105. 3Paragraph 3
  106. 4Paragraph 4
  107. Explanatory note