The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016

Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005

11.—(1) The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In the definition of “field development programme” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) for “Department of Energy and Climate Change” substitute “Oil and Gas Authority”; and

(b) for “Department of Energy and Climate Change’s” substitute “Oil and Gas Authority’s”.

(3) In regulation 6(1) and (2) (design and relocation notifications for production installation), for “Department of Energy and Climate Change” substitute “Oil and Gas Authority”.

(4) After regulation 24 (appeals) insert—

“Review

24A.— (1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of regulations 1 to 24;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish the report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Council Directive 92/91/EEC concerning the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in the mineral-extracting industries through drilling(2) (which is implemented by means of these Regulations) is implemented in other member States.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4) The first report under this regulation must be published by 18th July 2020.

(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.”

(1)

S.I. 2005/3117, amended by S.I. 2009/229 and 2015/398.

(2)

OJ No L 348, 28.11.92, p. 9.