24.—(1) A worker undertaking, or required to commence—E+W
(a)activities on or in relation to offshore installations,
(b)activities on or in relation to upstream petroleum infrastructure,
(c)critical safety work on offshore installations and wells that are being decommissioned or which are being preserved pending demolition or reuse, or
(d)activities for the provision of workers, goods, materials or equipment or other essential services required to support the safe operation of the activities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c).
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)“offshore installations” has the meaning given in section 44 of the Petroleum Act 1998 M1,
(b)“upstream petroleum infrastructure” has the meaning given in section 9H of the Petroleum Act 1998 M2,
(c)“wells” has the meaning given in section 45A(10) of the Petroleum Act 1998 M3.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 24 in force at 8.6.2020 at 12.01 a.m., see reg. 1(2)
Marginal Citations
M11998 c. 17. Section 44 was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32).
M2Section 9H was substituted by section 74(2) of the Energy Act 2016 (c. 20).
M3Section 45A was inserted by section 75(1) of the Energy Act 2008. There are amendments to section 45A(10) but none is relevant.