Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
“activity” includes a diving project;
“designated area” means any area designated by order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964(1) and “within a designated area” includes over and under it;
“diving project” has the same meaning as it has in the Diving at Work Regulations 1997(2) save that it includes an activity in which a person takes part as a diver wearing an atmospheric pressure suit and without breathing in air or other gas at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure;
“energy structure” means a fixed or floating structure, other than a vessel, for producing energy from wind or water;
“offshore installation” shall be construed in accordance with article 4(2) and (3) of this Order;
“the prescribed provisions of the 1974 Act” means sections 1 to 59 and 80 to 82 of the 1974 Act;
“supplementary unit” means a fixed or floating structure, other than a vessel, for providing energy, information or substances to an offshore installation;
“stand-by vessel” means a vessel which is is ready to give assistance in the event of an emergency on or near an offshore installation;
“territorial sea” means the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain and “within the territorial sea” includes on, over and under it;
“vessel” includes a hovercraft and any floating structure which is capable of being staffed.
(2) For the purposes of this Order, any structures and devices on top of a well shall be treated as forming part of the well.
1964 c. 29; section 1 was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23), Schedule 3, paragraph 1.