7 Short title, repeals, commencement and extent.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Offshore Safety Act 1992.
(2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(3) The following provisions of this Act, namely—
(a) section 2(3)(b) and (c);
(b) section 3(1)(a) and (e), (2) and (3)(b); and
(c) subsection (2) above so far as relating to the repeal in the Continental Shelf Act 1964 and the second repeal in the Gas Act 1986,
1964 c. 29.
1986 c. 44.
shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions or for different purposes.
S. 7(3) power partly exercised (29.2.1996): 1.3.1996 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1996/487, art. 2
(4) This Act, except section 6 above, does not extend to Northern Ireland.
S. 7 partly in force; s. 7(2) not in force at Royal Assent see s. 7(3); s. 7(2) in force so far as relating to the repeal in the Continental Shelf Act 1964 at 30.11.1993 by S.I. 1993/2406, art. 2(b); s. 7(2) in force so far as relating to the second repeal in the Gas Act 1986 at 1.3.1996 by S.I. 1996/487, art. 2.