{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-1992/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-1992/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2885",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Safety cases for fixed installations",
  "text": "(1) The operator of a fixed installation which is to be established shall—\n(a) prepare a safety case containing the particulars specified in regulation 8 and Schedule 1; and\n(b) send the safety case to the Executive;\nat such time before completion of the design of the installation as will enable him to take account in the design of any matters relating to health and safety raised by the Executive within 3 months of that time.\n(2) The operator of a fixed installation shall ensure that it is not operated unless—\n(a) he has prepared a safety case containing the particulars specified in regulation 8 and Schedule 2;\n(b) he has sent the safety case to the Executive at least 6 months before commencing the operation; and\n(c) the Executive has accepted the safety case.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) the operation of an installation shall be treated as commenced—\n(a) on the commencement of the first well drilling operation from the installation which may involve the release of hydrocarbons from beneath the sea-bed; or\n(b) when hydrocarbons are brought onto the installation for the first time through a pipe-line or well,\nwhichever is earlier.\n(4) A safety case prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) may be prepared in relation to more than one fixed installation where the Executive so approves, and where a safety case is to be so prepared in relation to installations with different operators it shall be sufficient compliance with paragraph (2)(a) and (b) if the operators prepare and agree the safety case containing the particulars referred to in that paragraph and one of them sends it to the Executive in accordance with paragraph (2)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2885/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:11:40.945684+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."
}