Regulation 6 Design and relocation notifications for production installation

United Kingdom

(1)

The operator of a production installation which is to be established shall—

(a)

prepare a design notification containing the particulars specified in Schedule 1; and

(b)

send the design notification to the Executive,

at such time before the submission of a field development programme to F1the F2Oil and Gas Authority 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 (or such shorter period as the Executive may specify) of that time.

(2)

The operator of a production installation which is to be moved to a new location F3within internal waters (whether from outside F4internal waters or not) and operated there shall—

(a)

prepare a relocation notification containing the particulars specified in Schedule 1 not contained in any current safety case for that installation; and

(b)

send the relocation notification to the Executive,

at such time before the submission of a field development programme to the F5Oil and Gas Authority Change as will enable him to take account of any matters relating to health and safety raised by the Executive within 3 months (or such shorter period as the Executive may specify) of that time.

(3)

Paragraph (1) shall only require the particulars in the design notification to describe the matters referred to in that paragraph to the extent that it is reasonable to expect the duty holder to address them at the time of sending the design notification to the Executive.

(4)

Where there is a material change in any of the particulars notified pursuant to—

(a)

paragraph (1) prior to the duty holder sending a safety case to the Executive in accordance with regulation 7(1)(b); or

(b)

paragraph (2) prior to the duty holder sending—

(i)

a safety case to the Executive in accordance with regulation 7(1)(b); or

(ii)

revisions to the current safety case to the Executive in accordance with regulation 14(2),

the duty holder shall notify the Executive of that change as soon as practicable.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 6(1)(2) substituted (5.3.2009) by The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/229), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18(2)
F2: Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (1.10.2016) by The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 11(3)
F3: Words in reg. 6(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. 37 (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 14)
F4: Words in Regulations substituted (19.7.2015) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/398), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 34(1) (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 13 para. 34(2), Sch. 14)
F5: Words in reg. 6(2) substituted (1.10.2016) by The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 11(3)