The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1995 Order” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1995(1);

“the 1974 Regulations” means the Offshore Installations (Construction and Survey) Regulations 1974(2);

“the 1995 Regulations” means the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995(3);

“acoustic signal” means a coded sound signal which is released and transmitted by a device designed for that purpose, without the use of a human or artificial voice;

“concession owner” in relation to a fixed installation has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations;

“duty holder” means—

(a)

in relation to a fixed installation, the operator; and

(b)

in relation to a mobile installation, the owner;

“emergency” means an emergency of a kind which can require evacuation, escape or rescue;

“emergency response” means action to safeguard the health and safety of persons on or near an installation in an emergency;

“evacuation” means the leaving of an installation and its vicinity, in an emergency, in a systematic manner and without directly entering the sea;

“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;

“explosion” means unplanned explosion;

“fire” means unplanned or uncontrolled fire;

“fixed installation” means an installation other than a mobile installation;

“illuminated sign” means a sign produced by a device made of transparent or translucent materials which are illuminated from the inside or the rear in such a way as to give the appearance of a luminous surface;

“installation” means an offshore installation within the meaning of regulation 3 of the 1995 Regulations;

“major accident” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992(4);

“mobile installation” means an installation (other than a floating production platform) which can be moved from place to place without major dismantling or modification, whether or not it has its own motive power;

“muster areas” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 14(1)(a);

“operator” in relation to—

(a)

a fixed installation means the person appointed by a concession owner to execute any function of organising and supervising any operation to be carried out by such installation or, where no such person has been appointed, the concession owner; and

(b)

a mobile installation means the person for whom the owner has agreed to carry out the operation concerned or, where no such person has been appointed, the concession owner;

“owner” in relation to a mobile installation means the person who controls the operation of the installation; and

“personal protective equipment” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992(5).

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—

(a) a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in these Regulations so numbered;

(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation in which the reference appears.

(1)

S.I. 1995/263.

(2)

S.I. 1974/289.

(3)

S.I. 1995/738.

(4)

S.I. 1992/2885.

(5)

S.I. 1992/2966.