# The Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996, Regulation 19: Emergency shut-down valves

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The operator of a major accident hazard pipeline which—
(a) is connected to an offshore installation; and
(b) has an internal diameter of 40 millimetres or more,
shall ensure that the requirements contained in Schedule 3 are complied with in relation to the pipeline.
(2) The duty holder in relation to an offshore installation to which a pipeline described in paragraph (1) is connected shall afford, or cause to be afforded, to the operator of the pipeline such facilities as he may reasonably require for the purpose of securing that the requirements contained in Schedule 3 are complied with in relation to the pipeline.
(3) In this regulation—
“duty holder”, in relation to an offshore installation, means the person who is the duty holder as defined by regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations in relation to that installation;
“the 1995 Regulations” means the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/825/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pipelines-safety-regulations-1996/regulation-19
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