# The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 2

Extent: N.I.

In the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995—
(a) in regulation 2(1)—
(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) 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 things by means of a pipe,
and—
(d)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
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/247/schedule/10/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-10/paragraph-2
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