The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015

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27.  In regulation 9 (reporting of danger to an installation)—U.K.

(a)in paragraph (1) omit “within 10 days”; and

(b)after paragraph (2) insert—

(3) The report must be made—

(a)where the installation is in external waters, within 10 working days after the appearance of evidence of the significant threat; and

(b)in any other case, within 10 days after the appearance of that evidence.

(4) In paragraph (3) “working days” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 M1 in any part of Great Britain.

Marginal Citations

M11971 c.80. A relevant amendment was made by the St. Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007 (2007 asp 2), section 1.