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Paragraph 2 I1

Northern Ireland

In the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995f1—

(a)

in regulation 2(1)—

(i)

omit the definition of “concession owner”;

(ii)

for the definition of “duty holder”, substitute—

  • ““duty holder” means—

    1. (a)

      in relation to a production installation, the operator; and

    2. (b)

      in relation to a non-production installation, the owner;”;

(iii)

omit the definition of “fixed installation”;

F1(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;”;

F2(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”—

    1. (a)

      includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas, whether or not existing in its natural condition in strata; and

    2. (b)

      does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;”;

(x)

after the definition of “pipeline works”, insert—

  • ““production installation” means an installation which—

    1. (a)

      extracts petroleum from beneath the sea-bed by means of a well;

    2. (b)

      stores gas in or under the shore or bed of relevant waters and recovers gas so stored; or

    3. (c)

      is used for the conveyance of things by means of a pipe,

    and—

    1. (d)

      includes a—

      1. (i)

        non-production installation converted for use as a production installation for so long as it is so converted;

      2. (ii)

        production installation which has ceased production for so long as it is not converted to a non-production installation; and

      3. (iii)

        production installation which has not come into use; and

    2. (e)

      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 13, 15 and 16 of Part II of Schedule 2 (modifications).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 10 para. 2(a)(iv) revoked (19.12.2016) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/406), reg. 1, Sch. 14 Pt. 2 (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 15)

F2

Sch. 10 para. 2(a)(vii) revoked (19.12.2016) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/406), reg. 1, Sch. 14 Pt. 2 (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 15)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 10 para. 2 in operation at 21.5.2007, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 1995 No. 340, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations