# The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 3

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

In the Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 —
(a) in regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) omit the definition of “concession owner”;
(iii) 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;”;
(iv) omit the definition of “fixed installation”;
(v) after the definition of “installation”, insert—
““licensee” means any person to whom a licence to search and bore for and get petroleum in respect of any area within relevant waters is granted pursuant to section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998;”;
(vi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(vii) omit the definition of “mobile installation”;
(viii) after the definition of “muster areas”, insert—
““non-production installation” means an installation other than a production installation;”;
(ix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(x) for the definition of “owner”, substitute—
““owner” means the person who controls the operation of a non-production installation;”;
(xi) after the definition of “personal protective equipment”, 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; and
“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;”;
(b) in regulation 3(1)(b) (application) for the words “1995” substitute “ 2001 ”;
(c) in regulation 17 (arrangements for recovery and rescue) before the word “include” insert “ shall ”;
(d) omit paragraphs (2) to (8) of regulation 19 (suitability and condition of plant); and
(e) omit regulation 24 (amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3117/schedule/9/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-2005/schedule-9/paragraph-3
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