{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-representatives-and-safety-committees-regulations-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-representatives-and-safety-committees-regulations-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/971",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-safety-representatives-and-safety-committees-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS\nMade 12th June 1989\nLaid before Parliament 12th June 1989\nComing into force 18th September 1989\nWhereas the Secretary of State has consulted pursuant to section 7(1) of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 (hereinafter referred to as “the 1971 Act”) with organisations in the United Kingdom appearing to him to be representative of those persons who will be affected by the following Regulations;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 6 and 7 of, and paragraphs 1 and 6 of the Schedule to, the 1971 Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations modified (23.8.1993) by The Offshore Safety (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1823), regs. 1(2), 4(5), Sch. (with reg. 6(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 61; section 6 was amended by section 37 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/971/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:43:28.529020+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."
}