Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

17.  In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(1)—

(a) the definition of the 1971 Act shall be revoked;

(b) after the definition of “the 1978 Order” there shall be inserted the following definition—

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

(c) for the definition of “offshore installation” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““offshore installation” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the 1995 Regulations;”;

(d) for sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “person in control” there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a) in relation to an offshore installation, the person who is the duty holder as defined by regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations for the purposes of those Regulations;”;

(e) for sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “person in control” there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(c) in relation to an activity in connection with an offshore installation—

(i) the person who is, in relation to the installation, the duty holder as defined by regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations for the purposes of those Regulations, and

(ii) the employer of persons engaged in that activity;”;

(f) for the definition of “pipeline” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““pipeline” means any pipeline or part of a pipeline within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations and any pipeline or part of a pipeline which is connected to it or to an offshore installation and which is in, under or over inland waters within Northern Ireland or tidal waters and parts of the sea in or adjacent to Northern Ireland;”; and

(g) for the definition of “pipeline works” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““pipeline works” means any of the works mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of the definition of pipeline works in regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations which relate to a pipeline within the meaning of these Regulations;”.

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S.R. 1993 No. 323