Corporate major accident prevention policy7
1
This regulation applies only to a duty holder which is a body corporate or unincorporate.
2
The duty holder must prepare in writing a policy (referred to in these Regulations as the “corporate major accident prevention policy”) which—
a
establishes the overall aims and arrangements for controlling the risk of a major accident and how those aims are to be achieved and those arrangements put into effect by the officers of the duty holder;
b
covers the duty holder's installations—
i
in external waters; and
ii
outside the European Union.
3
The corporate major accident prevention policy must address at least the particulars set out in Schedule 1 and must be prepared in accordance with the matters set out Schedule 2.
4
The corporate major accident prevention policy may in addition outline the commitment of the duty holder to mechanisms for effective tripartite consultation.
5
An operator, in preparing a corporate major accident prevention policy, must take account of the operator's primary responsibility for, among other things, the control of risks of a major accident that are a result of the operator's operations and for continuously improving control of those risks so as to ensure a high level of protection at all times.
6
A duty holder must—
a
implement the corporate major accident prevention policy throughout its offshore oil and gas operations; and
b
set up appropriate monitoring arrangements to assure effectiveness of the policy.
7
In this regulation and Schedule 1, “officer of the duty holder” in relation to—
a
a body corporate, other than a limited liability partnership, means a director or secretary;
b
a limited liability partnership, means a member;
c
a partnership or a limited partnership, means a partner of that partnership or limited partnership; and
d
a body unincorporate (other than a partnership or limited partnership), means a member of the body.
8
In paragraph (7)(a) “director” has the meaning given in section 250 of the Companies Act 2006 M1.
9
In this regulation (but not this paragraph) a reference to a duty holder or operator includes a reference to a well operator.
10
Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to a well operator.