# The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005, Regulation 14: Revision of safety case

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In addition to the other occasions on which a duty holder must revise a current safety case pursuant to these Regulations, a duty holder shall revise a current safety case—
(a) when appropriate; and
(b) when directed to do so by the Executive pursuant to regulation 15(1).
(2) Revisions made under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) which make a material change to the current safety case shall not be effective unless—
(a) the duty holder has sent a version of the current safety case which incorporates the proposed revisions, showing clearly where they are to be made, to the Executive—
(i) at least 3 months, or such shorter period as the Executive may specify; or
(ii) where the revisions relate to a combined operation, at least 6 weeks, or such shorter period as the Executive may specify,
before the revisions are to be made; and
(b) the Executive has accepted the revisions.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2)—
(a) no well operation shall constitute a material change;
(b) no revision prepared or made pursuant to regulation 27 shall constitute a material change;
(c) the movement of a production installation to a new location within internal waters to be operated there shall constitute a material change; and
(d) the conversion of a production installation to enable it to be operated as a non-production installation shall constitute a material change,
to the current safety case for the purposes of paragraph (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3117/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-2005/regulation-14
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