Statutory Rule 1996 No. 228

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


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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

1996 No. 228

HEALTH AND SAFETY

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

Made 7th June 1996
Coming into operation 21st July 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 statutory provisions.
27.  Revocation.

  Schedule 1.  Additional requirements.

  Schedule 2.  Modification of the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993.

  Schedule 3.  Revocation.

 

Explanatory Note


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