The Offshore Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 17th September 2002.
(2)
Amendment of the Management Regulations2.
(1)
Regulation 2(1) of the Management Regulations shall be amended—
(a)
by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant waters”; and
(b)
““supplementary unit” means a fixed or floating structure, other than a vessel, for providing energy, information or substances to an offshore installation; and”.
(2)
Regulation 3 of the Management Regulations shall be amended—
(a)
in paragraph (1), by substituting the words “together with any supplementary unit which is ordinarily connected to it or any part of it (including those parts described in paragraph (3) below) and all of the connections” for the words “and which is not an excepted structure”;
(b)
in paragraph (2), by substituting the words “Any reference in paragraph (1) to a structure or unit does not include” for the words “For the purposes of paragraph (1), the excepted structures are”; and
(c)
in sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (2), by substituting the words “yet being moved with a view to its being” for the words “for the time being intended to be”.
Amendment of other enactments3.
The reference to regulation 3 of the Management Regulations in—
(a)
the definition of “installation” in—
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(b)
the definition of “offshore installation” in—
(i)
(ii)
shall be construed as a reference to regulation 3 of the Management Regulations as amended by these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
These Regulations amend the definition of “offshore installation” in regulation 3 of the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 by extending it to include a supplementary unit (as defined) and by modifying the reference in regulation 3(2) (excepted structures) to a mobile structure which has been taken out of use (regulation 2).
Regulation 3 makes consequential amendments to referential definitions in other enactments.
A copy of the regulatory impact assessment prepared in respect of these Regulations may be obtained from the Economic and Statistical Advice Unit, Safety Policy Directorate C4, Health and Safety Executive, Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HS. A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.