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Paragraph 1 InterpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

In this Schedule –

  • “activity” includes a F1diving project;

  • “designated area” means any area designated by Order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964f1 and “within a designated area” includes over and under it;

  • F2“diving project” has the same meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 save that it includes an activity in which a person takes part as a diver wearing an atmospheric pressure suit and without breathing in air or other gas at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure;

  • “energy structure” means a fixed or floating structure, other than a vessel, for producing energy from wind or water;

  • “offshore installation” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 2(2) and (3);

  • “supplementary unit” means a fixed or floating structure, other than a vessel, for providing energy, information or substances to an offshore installation;

  • “stand-by vessel” means a vessel which is ready to give assistance in the event of an emergency on or near an offshore installation;

  • “vessel” includes a hovercraft and any floating structure which is capable of being staffed.

(2)

For the purposes of this Schedule, any structures and devices on top of a well shall be treated as forming part of the well.

(3)

Any reference in this Schedule to premises and activities includes a reference to any person, article or substance on those premises or engaged in, or, as the case may be, used or for use in connection with any such activity, but does not include a reference to an aircraft which is airborne.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) substituted (4.4.2005) by The Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/45), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 6(b)(i)

F2

Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) substituted (4.4.2005) by The Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/45), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 6(b)(ii)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 4 para. 1 in operation at 21.6.2004, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

1964 c. 29; section 1 was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (1982 c. 23), Schedule 3, paragraph 1