The Submarine Pipe-lines (Inspectors etc.) Regulations 1977

Regulations 3(1)(d) and 5(1)

SCHEDULE 1REPORTABLE OCCURRENCES

1.  Any accident causing the death or loss of, or serious bodily injury to, any person.

2.  Any damage to, or defect in, a pipe-line.

3.  Any substantial change in the position of a pipe-line.

4.  Any substantial change in the seabed or subsoil in the vicinity of a pipe-line or pipe-line works.

5.  Any escape of anything from, or inrush of anything into, a pipe-line.

6.  Any damage to a vessel or installation which may affect its safety or that of a pipe-line attached to it.

7.  Any parting of an anchor or winch cable of a vessel being used to lay a pipe-line.

8.  Discovery of a defect in any plant, machinery, equipment or material which might endanger the safety or health of any person or affect the safety of a pipe-line.

9.  Any uncontrolled explosion or fire.

10.  Any failure of a lifting appliance or of a pipe tensioning appliance.

11.  Any emission of jonising radiation or of radioactive or other toxic substances which may endanger the safety or health of any person.