{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-10/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-10/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/247",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-case-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations (Northern Ireland)1995—\n(a) in regulation 2(1)—\n(i) omit the definition of “concession owner”;\n(ii) for the definition of “duty holder”, substitute—\n““duty holder” means—\n(a)in relation to a production installation, the operator; and\n(b)in relation to a non-production installation, the owner;”;\n(iii) omit the definition of “fixed installation”;\n(iv) after the definition of “installation”, insert—\n““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;”;\n(v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(vi) omit the definition of “mobile installation”;\n(vii) after the definition of “muster areas”, insert—\n““non-production installation” means an installation other than a production installation;”;\n(viii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ix) for the definition of “owner”, substitute—\n““owner” means the person who controls the operation of a non-production installation;”;\n(x) after the definition of “personal protective equipment”, insert—\n““petroleum”—\n(a)includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas, whether or not existing in its natural condition in strata; and\n(b)does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation; and\n“production installation” means an installation which—\n(a)extracts petroleum from beneath the sea-bed by means of a well;\n(b)stores gas in or under the shore or bed of relevant waters or recovers gas so stored; or\n(c)is used for the conveyance of things by means of a pipe,\nand—\n(d) includes a—\n(i) non-production installation converted for use as a production installation for so long as it is so converted;\n(ii) production installation which has ceased production for so long as it is not converted to a non-production installation; and\n(iii) production installation which has not come into use; and\n(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;”;\n(b) in regulation 17 (arrangements for recovery and rescue) before the word “include” insert “shall”;\n(c) omit paragraphs (2) to (8) of regulation 19 (suitability and condition of plant); and\n(d) omit regulation 24 (amendment of the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 3(a)(v) 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 3(a)(viii) 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 3 in operation at 21.5.2007, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1995 No. 345, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/247/schedule/10/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:40:50.967504+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}