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Regulation 3 Fees relating to offshore installations: Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015I1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State may charge fees, calculated in accordance with regulation 7, in respect of—

(a)

providing advice with respect to the preparation of—

(i)

a safety case or a revision to a current safety case,

(ii)

a design notification,

(iii)

a relocation notification,

(iv)

a notification of combined operations or well operations,

which is proposed to be sent to the competent authority pursuant to the 2015 Safety Case Regulations;

(b)

assessing—

(i)

a safety case or a revision to a current safety case,

(ii)

a design notification,

(iii)

a relocation notification,

(iv)

a notification of combined operations or well operations,

sent to the competent authority pursuant to the 2015 Safety Case Regulations, for the purpose of deciding whether to raise matters relating to the environment and raising such matters;

(c)

monitoring compliance by operators (including well operators) and owners with the duties in the 2015 Safety Case Regulations in so far as those duties relate to the environment; and

(d)

assessing whether to grant an exemption pursuant to regulation 35 (exemptions) of the 2015 Safety Case Regulations and granting any such exemption.

(2)

In this regulation—

(a)

“the 2015 Safety Case Regulations” means the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015f1; and

(b)

“competent authority”, “design notification”, “a notification of combined operations or well operations”, “operator”, “owner”, “relocation notification”, “safety case” and “well operator” have the meanings given in the 2015 Safety Case Regulations.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 3 in force at 22.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

S.I.2015/398.