Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 913

      The Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1996 No. 913

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996

Made 25th March 1996
Laid before Parliament 28th March 1996
Coming into force 30th June 1996


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I
Interpretation and general
1.  Citation and commencement.
2.  Interpretation.
3.  Application.
PART II
Integrity of installations
4.  General duty.
5.  Design of an installation.
6.  Work to an installation.
7.  Operation of an installation.
8.  Maintenance of integrity.
9.  Reporting of danger to an installation.
10.  Decommissioning and dismantlement.
PART III
Further requirements relating to installations
11.  Helicopter landing area.
12.  Additional requirements.
PART IV
Wells
13.  General duty.
14.  Assessment of conditions below ground.
15.  Design with a view to suspension and abandonment.
16.  Materials.
17.  Well control.
18.  Arrangements for examination.
19.  Provision of drilling etc. information.
20.  Co-operation.
21.  Information, instruction, training and supervision.
PART V
Miscellaneous
22.  Defence.
23.  Certificates of exemption.
24.  Transitional provision.
25.  Repeal of section 3 of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971.
26.  Modification of the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992.
27.  Revocation.

  Schedule 1.  Additional requirements.

  Schedule 2.  Modification of the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992.

  Schedule 3.  Revocation.

 

Explanatory Note


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