Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 1996/228 United Kingdom

Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator9 Responsible Person9 Any Person2 Employer2

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Responsible Person — also bound by 108 other Acts
MH(CT)(S)A 2003 30 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 General duty Regulated
  • Ensure installation integrity at all times so far as is reasonably practicableResponsible Person
s.005 Design of an installation Regulated
  • Ensure offshore installation designs meet safety and integrity requirementsResponsible Person
s.006 Work to an installation Regulated
  • Ensure integrity of offshore installation during all work activitiesResponsible Person
s.007 Operation of an installation Regulated
  • Set and record safe operating limits for your offshore installationResponsible Person
s.008 Maintenance of integrity Regulated
  • Maintain the integrity of your offshore installation with periodic assessments and remedial workResponsible Person
s.009 Reporting of danger to an installation Regulated
  • Report significant threats to your offshore installation within 10 daysResponsible Person
s.010 Decommissioning and dismantlement Regulated
  • Maintain structural integrity during decommissioning and dismantlingResponsible Person
s.011 Helicopter landing area Regulated
  • Ensure helicopter landing area is safe and adequate for all weather operationsResponsible Person
s.012 Additional requirements Regulated
  • Comply with additional safety requirements for offshore installationsResponsible Person
s.013 General duty Regulated
  • Design and operate wells to prevent fluid escape and protect health and safetyOperator
s.014 Assessment of conditions below ground Regulated
  • Assess underground conditions before well design and keep under reviewOperator
s.015 Design with a view to suspension and abandonment Regulated
  • Design wells so they can be safely suspended or abandonedOperator
s.016 Materials Regulated
  • Ensure well materials are suitable for design purposesOperator
s.017 Well control Regulated
  • Provide and deploy well control equipment to prevent blowoutsOperator
s.018 Arrangements for examination Regulated
  • Set up written examination arrangements for wellsOperator
s.019 Provision of drilling etc. information Regulated
  • Send weekly reports to the Department for well operationsOperator
s.021 Information, instruction, training and supervision Regulated
  • Ensure workers are fully trained and supervised to reduce risksOperator
10 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application
s.020 Co-operation
s.022 Defence
s.023 Certificates of exemption
s.024 Transitional provision
s.025 Repeal of section 3 of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971
s.026 Modifications of statutory provisions
s.027 Revocation
Schedules

Schedules

5 of 79 shown
s.sch001 Organisation of the installation Regulated
  • Design installation layout to reduce risk as low as reasonably practicableAny Person
s.sch001 Floors, walls and ceilings of rooms Regulated
  • Ensure floors are safe, stable and non-slipperyAny Person
s.sch001 Traffic routes Regulated
  • Ensure safe traffic routes to and from workplacesOperator
s.sch001 When workers are employed at workstations outdoors, such workstations must... Regulated
  • Arrange outdoor workstations to protect workers from weather, noise, falls, and hazardsEmployer
s.sch001 Room temperature Regulated
  • Maintain reasonable temperature in enclosed workplaces during working hoursEmployer
74 other schedules
s.sch001 The temperature in rest areas, changing rooms, rooms containing facilities...
s.sch001 Sunlight let into workplaces via any window or skylight shall...
s.sch001 Enclosed workplaces must be adequately insulated against heat, bearing in...
s.sch001 The surfaces of floors, walls and ceilings in rooms must...
s.sch001 Transparent or translucent surfaces
s.sch001 Roofs
s.sch001 Natural and artificial lighting
s.sch001 Workplaces must, as far as possible, receive sufficient natural light...
s.sch001 Lighting installations in workplaces and in passageways must be placed...
s.sch001 An installation shall be kept sufficiently clean, with any hazardous...
s.sch001 Workplaces in which persons are especially exposed to risks in...
s.sch001 Windows and skylights
s.sch001 It must be possible to clean windows and skylights without...
s.sch001 Doors and gates
s.sch001 Transparent doors must be appropriately marked at a conspicuous level....
s.sch001 Swing doors and gates must be transparent or have see-through...
s.sch001 Sliding doors must be fitted with a safety device to...
s.sch001 Doors and gates opening upwards must be fitted with a...
s.sch001 Doors for pedestrians must be provided in the immediate vicinity...
s.sch001 Power-operated doors and gates must function without risk of accident...
s.sch001 Arrangements shall exist for the collection at source and removal,...
s.sch001 When chains or similar devices are used to prevent access...
s.sch001 Traffic routes must be sufficient in number, in suitable positions,...
s.sch001 If means of transport are used on traffic routes, a...
s.sch001 Sufficient clearance must be allowed between vehicle traffic routes and...
s.sch001 Traffic routes must be clearly identified for the protection of...
s.sch001 Danger areas
s.sch001 Room dimensions and air space in rooms — freedom of movement in the workstation
s.sch001 The dimensions of the unoccupied area at the workstation must...
s.sch001 Rest rooms
s.sch001 Workstations must be designed and constructed with a view to...
s.sch001 Paragraph 39 does not apply if the workers are employed...
s.sch001 Rest rooms must be large enough and equipped with an...
s.sch001 If working hours are regularly and frequently interrupted and there...
s.sch001 Appropriate measures should be taken for the protection of non-smokers...
s.sch001 Outdoor workplaces
s.sch001 Workplaces outdoors must be adequately lit by artificial lighting if...
s.sch001 Pregnant women and nursing mothers
s.sch001 People with disabilities
s.sch001 Sanitary facilities
s.sch001 A supply of fresh or purified air shall be maintained...
s.sch001 Changing rooms must be easily accessible, be of sufficient capacity...
s.sch001 Changing rooms must be sufficiently large and have facilities to...
s.sch001 If circumstances so require, lockers for work clothes must be...
s.sch001 Provision must be made to enable wet work clothes to...
s.sch001 Provision must be made for separate changing rooms or separate...
s.sch001 If changing rooms are not required under paragraph 49, each...
s.sch001 Showers and washing facilities
s.sch001 Lavatories and washbasins
s.sch001 Provision must be made for separate lavatories or separate use...
s.sch001 Accommodation
s.sch001 If a mechanical ventilation system is used, it must be...
s.sch001 Accommodation must contain sufficient beds or bunks for the number...
s.sch001 Any room designated as sleeping accommodation— (a) must not be...
s.sch001 Accommodation must include a sufficient number of showers and washing...
s.sch001 Showers must be sufficiently spacious to permit each worker to...
s.sch001 Accommodation must be equipped with a sufficient number of lavatories...
s.sch001 Where there are both men and women on an installation...
s.sch001 Accommodation and its plant must be maintained to adequate standards...
s.sch001 Noise and vibration of plant
s.sch001 If air-conditioning or mechanical ventilation systems are used, they must...
s.sch001 Any deposit or dirt likely to create an immediate danger...
s.sch002 In regulation 2 of the 1993 Regulations—
s.sch002 In Schedule 6 to the 1993 Regulations there shall be...
s.sch002 After Schedule 6 to the 1993 Regulations there shall be...
s.sch002 After Schedule 8 to the 1993 Regulations there shall be...
s.sch002 There shall be substituted for paragraph (4) of regulation 7...
s.sch002 There shall be added to regulation 10 of the 1993...
s.sch002 After regulation 12 of the 1993 Regulations there shall be...
s.sch002 After paragraph (2) of regulation 14 of the 1993 Regulations...
s.sch002 In regulation 14(3) of the 1993 Regulations, for the words...
s.sch002 After regulation 14 of the 1993 Regulations there shall be...
s.sch002 After paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the 1993 Regulations...
s.sch002 After paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the 1993 Regulations...

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