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

[F1 Arrangements for early warning of major accidents E+W+S

22C.— (1) This regulation applies only in relation to external waters.

(2) The duty holder must make arrangements—

(a) for providing early warning of a major accident to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; and

(b) for providing more detailed information about such an accident as soon as it becomes available,

but nothing in this paragraph is to be taken as imposing a requirement which is imposed by regulation 4(3)(c) and paragraph 2(k) of Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 1998 (arrangements for early warning of major environmental incidents).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 22A-22C inserted (19.7.2015) by The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/398), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 23 (with reg. 4(2), Sch. 14)