Explanatory note

Regulation 2(2) of the Offshore Installations (Well Control) Regulations 1980 (“the 1980 Regulations”) provides that a driller or drilling supervisor must hold a certificate granted by the Secretary of State on the recommendation of the Petroleum Industry Training Board (“the PITB”) or, until 1st January 1983, one of the certificates specified in the Schedule to those Regulations.

The PITB was renamed the Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Board (“the OPITB”) by virtue of the Industrial Training (Offshore Petroleum Board) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982 No. 921).

On 1st April 1991 the business of the OPITB will be transferred to a limited company, the Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation Limited (“OPITO Ltd”). Accordingly, these Regulations amend the 1980 Regulations to provide that a driller or drilling supervisor must hold either a certificate granted on the recommendation (during or after April 1991) of OPITO Ltd.

Regulation 2(3) and the Schedule to the 1980 Regulations, which are now spent, are revoked.