# The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 2

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

In the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 —
(a) in regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(i) omit the definition of “concession owner”;
(ii) for the definition of “duty holder”, substitute—
““duty holder” means—
(a) in relation to a production installation, the operator; and
(b) in relation to a non-production installation, the owner;”;
(iii) omit the definition of “fixed installation”;
(iv) . . . . . . .
(v) omit the definition of “mobile installation”;
(vi) before the definition of “offshore installation”, insert—
““non-production installation” means an installation other than a production installation;”;
(vii) . . . . . . .
(viii) for the definition of “owner”, substitute—
““owner” means the person who controls the operation of a non-production installation;”;
(ix) before the definition of “pipeline”, insert—
““petroleum ”
—
(a) includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas, whether or not existing in its natural condition in strata; and
(b) does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;”;
(x) in the definitions of “pipeline” and “pipeline works”, replace the words “1995” with “ 2001 ”; and
(xi) after the definition of “pipeline works”, insert—
““production installation” means an installation which—
(a) extracts petroleum from beneath the sea-bed by means of a well;
(b) stores gas in or under the shore or bed of relevant waters and recovers gas so stored; or
(c) is used for the conveyance of petroleum by means of a pipe,
and—
(a) includes a—
(i) non-production installation converted for use as a production installation for so long as it is so converted;
(ii) production installation which has ceased production for so long as it is not converted to a non-production installation; and
(iii) production installation which has not come into use; and
(b) does not include an installation which, for a period of no more than 90 days, extracts petroleum from beneath the sea-bed for the purposes of well testing;”; and
(b) omit paragraphs 14, 15 and 16 of Part II of Schedule 2 (modifications of instruments).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3117/schedule/9/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-2005/schedule-9/paragraph-2
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