These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Electricity and Noise Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 21st February 1998.
2Amendment of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989#
For regulation 31 of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 there shall be substituted the following regulation—“31 These Regulations shall apply—a in Great Britain; andb outside Great Britain as sections 1 to 59 and 80 to 82 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 apply by virtue of the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1995.”
For regulation 3 of the Noise at Work Regulations 1989 there shall be substituted the following regulation—“3 1 Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations shall apply—a in Great Britain; andb outside Great Britain as sections 1 to 59 and 80 to 82 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 apply by virtue of the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1995.2 The duties imposed by these Regulations shall not extend to—a the master or crew of a sea-going ship or to the employer of such persons, in relation to the normal ship-board activities of a ship’s crew under the direction of the master; orb the crew of any aircraft or hovercraft which is moving under its own power or any other person on board any such aircraft or hovercraft who is at work in connection with its operation.”