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The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015

S.I. 2015/398 · Made 19 March 2015 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Health And Safety

Environmental Protection

Made 19th March 2015

Laid before Parliament 23rd March 2015

Coming into force 19th July 2015

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 in relation to measures relating to employers' obligations in respect of the health and safety of workers M2 and the environment M3.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

  1. (a)

    section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972;

  2. (b)

    sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a), (4), (5)(b), (6)(b), (c) and (d), and 82(3)(a) of and paragraphs 1(1)(c) and (2), 8(1), 9, 14, 15(1) and 16 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 M4;

  3. (c)

    section 23(1)(b) of the Petroleum Act 1987 M5; and

  4. (d)

    section 1(2) of the Offshore Safety Act 1992 M6.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations, so far as made in exercise of the powers cited in paragraph (b) (as read with the power cited in paragraph (d)), for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Executive under section 11(3) M7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 after the carrying out of consultations by the Executive in accordance with section 50(3) M8 of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The power of Ministers to make regulations in relation to matters as regards Scotland is preserved by section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

M2

S.I. 1999/2027. The Secretary of State is also designated in relation to anything supplemental or related to measures relating to employers' obligations in respect of the health and safety of workers, under article 2(2) of that Order.

M3

S.I. 2008/301.

M4

1974 c.37. Section 15(1) was substituted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 15 to the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c.71) and amended by S.I. 2002/794. Section 15(2) was amended by paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 12 to the Energy Act 2013 (c.32). Section 15(4)(a) was amended by S.I. 2008/960. Section 15(6)(d) was amended by Schedule 12 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45). The general purposes of Part 1 of the 1974 Act are modified by section 1(1) of the Offshore Safety Act 1992.

M5

1987 c. 12. Section 21 of that Act, which provides for the automatic creation of safety zones, was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32). Section 23(1) creates a prohibition on a vessel's entering or remaining in a safety zone and subsection (1)(b) of that section was amended by regulation 4(4)(a) of the Offshore Safety (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1823) which created an exception to the prohibition with a consent given by the Health and Safety Executive and preserved the Secretary of State's power to make regulations providing for an exception to the prohibition. Section 23(8), which defines “vessel,” was amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21), Schedule 13, paragraph 78.

M6

1992 c. 15. Section 1 was amended by paragraph 33(2) of Schedule 4 to the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17).

M7

Section 11 was substituted by article 5 of S.I. 2008/960.

M8

Section 50(3) was amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraph 16(3), the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), Schedule 7, paragraphs 4 and 6, the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), Schedule 12, paragraph 11 and S.I. 2008/960.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Communication and storage of information by electronic means
  4. 4Application and extent
  5. 5Duties of licensee
  6. 6Capacity of operator to meet requirements
  7. 7Corporate major accident prevention policy
  8. 8Safety and environmental management system
  9. 9Establishment of verification scheme
  10. 10Other provisions as to verification schemes
  11. 11Establishment of well examination scheme
  12. 12Other provisions as to well examination schemes
  13. 13Description of verification scheme and well examination scheme
  14. 14Defence
  15. 15Design and relocation notifications for production installation
  16. 16Management and control of major accident hazards
  17. 17Safety case for production installation
  18. 18Safety case for non-production installation
  19. 19Design notification and safety case for non-production installation to be converted
  20. 20Safety case for dismantling fixed installation
  21. 21Notification of well operations
  22. 22Notification of combined operations
  23. 23Review of safety case
  24. 24Revision of safety case
  25. 25Power of competent authority in relation to safety cases and related documents
  26. 26Power of the competent authority to prohibit operations
  27. 27Keeping of documents
  28. 28Duty to conform with safety case and notifications of operation
  29. 29Duty to control risk
  30. 30Internal emergency response
  31. 31Communication of national arrangements for confidential reporting of safety concerns etc.
  32. 32Standards and guidance on best practice
  33. 33Notification of major accident etc.
  34. 34Information on operations conducted outside of the European Union , Great Britain and external waters
  35. 35Exemptions
  36. 36Enforcement
  37. 37Appeals
  38. 38Amendments and revocations
  39. 39Transitional provisions and savings
  40. 40Penalties
  41. 41Review
  42. Signature
  43. Schedule 1: PARTICULARS TO BE ADDRESSED IN A CORPORATE MAJOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION POLICY
  44. 1Paragraph 1
  45. 2Paragraph 2
  46. 3Paragraph 3
  47. 4Paragraph 4
  48. 5Paragraph 5
  49. 6Paragraph 6
  50. 7Paragraph 7
  51. 8Paragraph 8
  52. 9Paragraph 9
  53. Schedule 2: MATTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHICH THE CORPORATE MAJOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION POLICY AND SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MUST BE PREPARED
  54. 1Paragraph 1
  55. 2Paragraph 2
  56. 3Paragraph 3
  57. 4Paragraph 4
  58. 5Paragraph 5
  59. Schedule 3: PARTICULARS TO BE ADDRESSED IN A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
  60. 1Paragraph 1
  61. 2Paragraph 2
  62. 3Paragraph 3
  63. 4Paragraph 4
  64. 5Paragraph 5
  65. 6Paragraph 6
  66. 7Paragraph 7
  67. 8Paragraph 8
  68. 9Paragraph 9
  69. 10Paragraph 10
  70. Schedule 4: MATTERS TO BE PROVIDED FOR IN A VERIFICATION SCHEME AND A WELL EXAMINATION SCHEME
  71. Part 1: Matters to be provided for in a verification scheme
  72. 1Paragraph 1
  73. 2Paragraph 2
  74. 3Paragraph 3
  75. 4Paragraph 4
  76. 5Paragraph 5
  77. 6Paragraph 6
  78. Part 2: Matters to be provided for in a well examination scheme
  79. 1Paragraph 1
  80. 2Paragraph 2
  81. 3Paragraph 3
  82. 4Paragraph 4
  83. 5Paragraph 5
  84. 6Paragraph 6
  85. Schedule 5: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A DESIGN NOTIFICATION OR A RELOCATION NOTIFICATION FOR A PRODUCTION INSTALLATION
  86. 1Paragraph 1
  87. 2Paragraph 2
  88. 3Paragraph 3
  89. 4Paragraph 4
  90. 5Paragraph 5
  91. 6Paragraph 6
  92. 7Paragraph 7
  93. 8Paragraph 8
  94. 9Paragraph 9
  95. 10Paragraph 10
  96. 11Paragraph 11
  97. 12Paragraph 12
  98. Schedule 6: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR THE OPERATION OF A PRODUCTION INSTALLATION
  99. 1Paragraph 1
  100. 2Paragraph 2
  101. 3Paragraph 3
  102. 4Paragraph 4
  103. 5Paragraph 5
  104. 6Paragraph 6
  105. 7Paragraph 7
  106. 8Paragraph 8
  107. 9Paragraph 9
  108. 10Paragraph 10
  109. 11Paragraph 11
  110. 12Paragraph 12
  111. 13Paragraph 13
  112. 14Paragraph 14
  113. 15Paragraph 15
  114. 16Paragraph 16
  115. 17Paragraph 17
  116. 18Paragraph 18
  117. 19Paragraph 19
  118. 20Paragraph 20
  119. 21Paragraph 21
  120. 22Paragraph 22
  121. 23Paragraph 23
  122. 24Paragraph 24
  123. Schedule 7: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A SAFETY CASE FOR A NON-PRODUCTION INSTALLATION
  124. 1Paragraph 1
  125. 2Paragraph 2
  126. 3Paragraph 3
  127. 4Paragraph 4
  128. 5Paragraph 5
  129. 6Paragraph 6
  130. 7Paragraph 7
  131. 8Paragraph 8
  132. 9Paragraph 9
  133. 10Paragraph 10
  134. 11Paragraph 11
  135. 12Paragraph 12
  136. 13Paragraph 13
  137. 14Paragraph 14
  138. 15Paragraph 15
  139. 16Paragraph 16
  140. 17Paragraph 17
  141. 18Paragraph 18
  142. 19Paragraph 19
  143. 20Paragraph 20
  144. Schedule 8: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A CURRENT SAFETY CASE IN RESPECT OF THE DISMANTLING OF A FIXED INSTALLATION
  145. 1Paragraph 1
  146. 2Paragraph 2
  147. 3Paragraph 3
  148. 4Paragraph 4
  149. 5Paragraph 5
  150. 6Paragraph 6
  151. 7Paragraph 7
  152. 8Paragraph 8
  153. 9Paragraph 9
  154. Schedule 9: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NOTIFICATION OF WELL OPERATIONS
  155. 1Paragraph 1
  156. 2Paragraph 2
  157. 3Paragraph 3
  158. 4Paragraph 4
  159. 5Paragraph 5
  160. 6Paragraph 6
  161. 7Paragraph 7
  162. 8Paragraph 8
  163. 9Paragraph 9
  164. 10Paragraph 10
  165. 11Paragraph 11
  166. 12Paragraph 12
  167. 13Paragraph 13
  168. 14Paragraph 14
  169. 15Paragraph 15
  170. 16Paragraph 16
  171. Schedule 10: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NOTIFICATION OF COMBINED OPERATIONS
  172. 1Paragraph 1
  173. 2Paragraph 2
  174. 3Paragraph 3
  175. 4Paragraph 4
  176. 5Paragraph 5
  177. 6Paragraph 6
  178. Schedule 11: MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED IN PREPARING AND REVISING STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE ON BEST PRACTICE IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF MAJOR HAZARDS
  179. 1Paragraph 1
  180. 2Paragraph 2
  181. 3Paragraph 3
  182. 4Paragraph 4
  183. 5Paragraph 5
  184. 6Paragraph 6
  185. 7Paragraph 7
  186. 8Paragraph 8
  187. 9Paragraph 9
  188. 10Paragraph 10
  189. Schedule 12: APPEALS
  190. Part 1: General
  191. 1Paragraph 1
  192. 2Paragraph 2
  193. 3Paragraph 3
  194. 4Paragraph 4
  195. 5Paragraph 5
  196. Part 2: Hearing
  197. 6Paragraph 6
  198. 7Paragraph 7
  199. 8Paragraph 8
  200. 9Paragraph 9
  201. 10Paragraph 10
  202. 11Paragraph 11
  203. Schedule 13: AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATIONS
  204. Part 1: Amendments
  205. 1Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989
  206. 2Paragraph 2
  207. 3Paragraph 3
  208. 4Paragraph 4
  209. 5Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989
  210. 6Paragraph 6
  211. 7Paragraph 7
  212. 8Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995
  213. 9Paragraph 9
  214. 10Paragraph 10
  215. 11Paragraph 11
  216. 12Paragraph 12
  217. 13Paragraph 13
  218. 14Paragraph 14
  219. 15Paragraph 15
  220. 16Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995
  221. 17Paragraph 17
  222. 18Paragraph 18
  223. 19Paragraph 19
  224. 20Paragraph 20
  225. 21Paragraph 21
  226. 22Paragraph 22
  227. 23Paragraph 23
  228. 24Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996
  229. 25Paragraph 25
  230. 26Paragraph 26
  231. 27Paragraph 27
  232. 28Paragraph 28
  233. 29Paragraph 29
  234. 30Paragraph 30
  235. 31Paragraph 31
  236. 32Paragraph 32
  237. 33Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005
  238. 34Paragraph 34
  239. 35Paragraph 35
  240. 36Paragraph 36
  241. 37Paragraph 37
  242. 38Paragraph 38
  243. 39Paragraph 39
  244. 40Paragraph 40
  245. 41Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
  246. 42Health and Safety and Nuclear (Fees) Regulations 2015
  247. 2Revocations of Instruments
  248. Schedule 14: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
  249. Part 1: Interpretation
  250. 1Interpretation
  251. Part 2: Continued application of the 2005 regime in relation to external waters during the transitional period
  252. 2General saving of the 2005 regime
  253. 3Continued application of the 2005 regime to existing and proposed non-production installations
  254. 4Continued application of the 2005 regime to existing and proposed production installations
  255. 5Continued application of the 2005 regime to well operations
  256. 6Design notification for production installations to be established during transitional period
  257. 7Design notification: election to prepare notification under these Regulations
  258. 8Election to prepare a safety case under these Regulations
  259. 9Treatment of current safety cases for installations continuing under the 2005 regime
  260. 10Paragraph 10
  261. 11Paragraph 11
  262. Part 3: Transition from the 2005 regime
  263. 12Improvement notices issued before the end of the transitional period
  264. 13Prohibition notices issued before the end of the transitional period
  265. 14Design etc. notifications
  266. 15Paragraph 15
  267. Explanatory note