The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005

means an appeal under regulation 24;

means a person who has brought an appeal;

means a person appointed in accordance with paragraph 2;

means systematic assessment of the adequacy of the management system to achieve the purpose referred to in paragraph (1)(a) carried out by persons who are sufficiently independent of the system (but who may be employed by the duty holder) to ensure that such assessment is objective.

means a report made pursuant to the arrangements referred to in regulation 12(1)(b).

means a safety case in respect of an installation which has been accepted by the Executive pursuant to these Regulations or, subject to regulation 27, the 1992 Regulations and includes any revision thereto which— (a) may take effect without the acceptance of the Executive;

means the dismantling or removal of the main and secondary structure of a fixed installation at the place at which it was operated, and “dismantled” shall be construed accordingly;

means a compression chamber which is capable of being manned and is used or designed for use under the surface of water in supporting human life, being a chamber in which any occupant is or may be subject to a pressure of more than 300 millibars above atmospheric pressure during normal operations;

means— (a) in relation to a production installation, the operator;

means the support document for development and production authorisations to be submitted to the Oil and Gas Authority pursuant to the Guidance Notes on Procedures for Regulating Offshore Oil and Gas Field Developments, as published on the Oil and Gas Authority’s website, and revised or reissued from time to time;

means an installation which cannot be moved from place to place without major dismantling or modification, whether or not it has its own motive power;

means a hearing to which Part 2 of this Schedule applies;

means an offshore installation within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Management Regulations;

means tidal waters and parts of the sea in or adjacent to Great Britain up to the landward limits of the territorial sea;

means any person to whom a licence to search and bore for and get petroleum in respect of any area within internal waters is granted pursuant to section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 or section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998;

means— (a) a fire, explosion or the release of a dangerous substance involving death or serious personal injury to persons on the installation or engaged in an activity on or in connection with it;

means the organisation and arrangements established by a person for managing his undertaking;

means an installation other than a production installation;

means notified in writing, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;

means the person who controls the operation of a non-production installation;

means an installation which— (a) extracts petroleum from beneath the bed of internal waters by means of a well;

means the relevant statutory provisions (as defined in section 53(1) of the 1974 Act) which apply to or in relation to installations or activities on or in connection with them, within internal waters;

means such parts of an installation and such of its plant (including computer programmes), or any part thereof— (a) the failure of which could cause or contribute substantially to;

means the plant for an installation which is provided— (a) in compliance with regulations 11(1)(a), 13, 15 and 16 of the PFEER Regulations;

means the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992;

means the Health and Safety Executive;

means the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995;

means the appellant and the Executive.

means the Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995;

includes a hovercraft and any floating structure which is capable of being staffed;

means— (a) a well made by drilling;

means— (a) the drilling of a well, including the recommencement of drilling after a well has been completed, suspended or abandoned by plugging at the bed of internal waters;