# The Offshore Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996


(1) The Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) Regulation 2(1) shall be amended—
(a) by inserting after the definition of “the 1995 Regulations” the following definition—
““activity” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations;”;
(b) by inserting after the definition of “concession owner” the following definition—
““diving project” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations;”;
(c) by substituting for the definitions of “stand-by vessel”, “territorial waters” and “vessel” the following definitions—
““stand-by vessel”, “supplementary unit” and “territorial sea” have the same respective meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations;”; and
(d) by inserting after the definition of “traffic route” the following definition—
““vessel” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations;”.
(3) For regulation 3(1) there shall be substituted—
“3. (1) Within the territorial sea these Regulations shall apply only to and in relation to the premises and activities to which paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1A apply.”
(4) In regulation 3(3) for “territorial waters” substitute “territorial sea”.
(5) The Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations shall be inserted after Schedule 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/165/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-safety-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-4
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