Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 1997/193 Northern Ireland

Pipelines Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

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Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator19 Any Person1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

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.005 Design of a pipeline Regulated
  • Design pipeline to withstand operational, fluid and external forcesOperator
s.006 Safety systems Regulated
  • Provide safety systems before conveying fluid in a pipelineOperator
s.007 Access for examination and maintenance Regulated
  • Only convey fluid in a pipeline designed for safe examination and maintenanceOperator
s.008 Materials Regulated
  • Use suitable materials in your pipelineOperator
s.009 Construction and installation Regulated
  • Ensure your pipeline is sound and fit for purpose before conveying fluidOperator
s.010 Work on a pipeline Regulated
  • Ensure pipeline work does not prejudice soundness and fitness for purposeOperator
s.011 Operation of a pipeline Regulated
  • Establish and operate within safe pipeline limitsOperator
s.012 Arrangements for incidents and emergencies Regulated
  • Prepare emergency arrangements before operating a pipelineOperator
s.013 Maintenance Regulated
  • Keep your pipeline maintained in efficient working order and good repairOperator
s.014 Decommissioning Regulated
  • Leave decommissioned pipelines in safe condition and work safelyOperator
s.016 Prevention of damage to pipelines Regulated
  • Take reasonable steps to inform people of pipeline locationOperator
s.017 Co-operation Regulated
  • Co-operate with other pipeline operators to meet safety regulationsOperator
s.019 Emergency shut-down valves Regulated
  • Ensure emergency shut-down valve requirements are metOperator
s.020 Notification before construction Regulated
  • Notify Department before constructing major accident hazard pipelineOperator
s.021 Notification before use Regulated
  • Notify the Department before first use or recommissioning of a major accident hazard pipelineOperator
s.022 Notification in other cases Regulated
  • Notify the Department of operator changes and certain pipeline eventsOperator
s.023 Major accident prevention document Regulated
  • Prepare and maintain a major accident prevention document for your pipelineOperator
s.024 Emergency procedures Regulated
  • Establish, maintain and test emergency procedures for major accident hazard pipelinesOperator
s.025 Emergency plans in case of major accidents Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must prepare emergency plans for major accident hazard pipelinesCrown / Minister / Government department
12 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Meaning of “pipeline”
s.004 Application
s.015 Damage to pipeline
s.018 Dangerous fluids
s.026 Charge by the Department for a plan
s.027 Transitional provisions
s.028 Defence
s.029 Certificates of exemption
s.030 Repeal of provisions of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
s.031 Revocation and modification of statutory provisions
Schedules

Schedules

2 of 36 shown
s.sch003 An emergency shut-down valve shall be incorporated in the riser... Regulated
  • Fit an emergency shut-down valve in your pipeline riserOperator
s.sch003 If the pipeline is designed to allow for the passage... Regulated
  • Design emergency shut-down valve to allow passage of inspection equipment if the pipeline doesAny Person
34 other schedules
s.sch001 A pipeline for the conveyance of air, water vapour or...
s.sch001 A pipeline for the conveyance of water, other than for...
s.sch001 A pipeline contained wholly within the premises occupied by a...
s.sch001 A pipeline contained wholly within a caravan site.
s.sch001 In this Schedule “caravan” and “caravan site” have the same...
s.sch002 A fluid which— (a) is flammable in air;
s.sch002 For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) a liquid is...
s.sch002 A fluid which is flammable in air and is, or...
s.sch002 A liquid which has a vapour pressure greater than 1.5...
s.sch002 A toxic or very toxic fluid which—
s.sch002 A toxic fluid which— (a) at 20°C has a saturated...
s.sch002 Acrylonitrile.
s.sch002 A very toxic fluid which— (a) at 20°C has a...
s.sch002 An oxidising fluid which is, or is to be, conveyed...
s.sch002 A fluid which reacts violently with water.
s.sch003 An emergency shut-down valve shall be held open by an...
s.sch003 An emergency shut-down valve shall also be capable of being...
s.sch003 An emergency shut-down valve and its actuating mechanism shall so...
s.sch003 An emergency shut-down valve shall be maintained in an efficient...
s.sch003 After an emergency shut-down valve has operated so as to...
s.sch003 In this Schedule “emergency shut-down system” means the system comprising...
s.sch004 The name and address of the operator of the pipeline....
s.sch004 The proposed route of the pipeline in the form of...
s.sch004 The proposed route of the riser on any offshore installation...
s.sch004 The length, diameter and wall thickness of the pipeline.
s.sch004 The materials to be used in the construction of the...
s.sch004 The fluid to be conveyed and such of its properties...
s.sch004 The safe operating limits of the pipeline.
s.sch004 The intended temperature, pressure, and maximum rate of flow of...
s.sch005 In relation to a change to the route or position...
s.sch005 In relation to a change to the safe operating limits...
s.sch005 In relation to the start of major modification or major...
s.sch005 In relation to the conveyance of a new fluid, particulars...
s.sch005 In relation to the start of decommissioning or dismantlement of...

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