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The Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996
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2.An installation shall be kept sufficiently clean, with any hazardous...
3.Arrangements shall exist for the collection at source and removal,...
4.Workstations must be designed and constructed with a view to...
7.If air-conditioning or mechanical ventilation systems are used, they must...
8.Any deposit or dirt likely to create an immediate danger...
10.The temperature in rest areas, changing rooms, rooms containing facilities...
11.Sunlight let into workplaces via any window or skylight shall...
13.Enclosed workplaces must be adequately insulated against heat, bearing in...
14.The surfaces of floors, walls and ceilings in rooms must...
18.Workplaces must, as far as possible, receive sufficient natural light...
19.Lighting installations in workplaces and in passageways must be placed...
20.Workplaces in which persons are especially exposed to risks in...
22.It must be possible to clean windows and skylights without...
24.Transparent doors must be appropriately marked at a conspicuous level....
25.Swing doors and gates must be transparent or have see-through...
28.Doors for pedestrians must be provided in the immediate vicinity...
29.Power-operated doors and gates must function without risk of accident...
30.When chains or similar devices are used to prevent access...
32.Traffic routes must be sufficient in number, in suitable positions,...
34.Sufficient clearance must be allowed between vehicle traffic routes and...
35.Traffic routes must be clearly identified for the protection of...
37.Room dimensions and air space in rooms— freedom of movement in the workstation
38.The dimensions of the unoccupied area at the workstation must...
40.Paragraph 39 does not apply if the workers are employed...
42.If working hours are regularly and frequently interrupted and there...
43.Appropriate measures should be taken for the protection of non-smokers...
45.Workplaces outdoors must be adequately lit by artificial lighting if...
46.When workers are employed at workstations outdoors, such workstations must...
50.Changing rooms must be easily accessible, be of sufficient capacity...
51.Changing rooms must be sufficiently large and have facilities to...
52.If circumstances so require, lockers for work clothes must be...
54.Provision must be made for separate changing rooms or separate...
55.If changing rooms are not required under paragraph 49, each...
58.Provision must be made for separate lavatories or separate use...
60.Accommodation must contain sufficient beds or bunks for the number...
61.Any room designated as sleeping accommodation— (a) must not be...
62.Accommodation must include a sufficient number of showers and washing...
63.Showers must be sufficiently spacious to permit each worker to...
64.Accommodation must be equipped with a sufficient number of lavatories...
66.Accommodation and its plant must be maintained to adequate standards...
MODIFICATION OF THE OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS (SAFETY CASE) REGULATIONS 1992
1.Paragraph (1) of regulation 2 shall be amended in accordance...
2.For the definition of “concession owner” there shall be substituted...
3.After the definition of “safety case” there shall be inserted...
4.After the definition of “major accident” there shall be inserted...
5.After paragraph (7) of regulation 2 there shall be inserted...
6.There shall be substituted for paragraph (4) of regulation 8...
7.There shall be added to regulation 11 the following paragraphs:...
8.After regulation 13 (transitional provisions) there shall be added the...
9.After paragraph (2) of regulation 15 there shall be inserted...
10.In paragraph (3) of regulation 15, for the words “paragraph...
11.After regulation 15 there shall be inserted the following regulations:...
12.After paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 there shall be inserted...
13.After paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 there shall be inserted...
15.After Schedule 6 there shall be added the following schedule:...
16.After Schedule 8 there shall be added the following schedule:...
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