UK Statutory Instrument
1989
United Kingdom
The Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
23 compliance obligations
Penalty landscape
1 of 23 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 22 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Operator 15
- Employer 5
- Any Person 3
Other Acts binding the same actors
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Operators also bound by 730 other Acts (top 5 shown)
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- Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 2012 112 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 75 duties
- Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 2016 66 duties
Employers also bound by 694 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 236 duties
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 120 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 72 duties
- Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 52 duties
- Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2003 50 duties
Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1 — PRELIMINARY
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Interpretation
Application
Part 2 — ELECTION OF SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES ETC.
(1) A safety representative shall be entitled—
- Establish and manage safety representative constituencies and elections Operator
Browse 15 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Safety representatives
Constituencies
Membership of constituency
Elections
Nominations
Candidates
List of candidates
Secret ballot
Results
No candidate
Cessation of representation
Safety representatives for single employer constituencies
Functions of safety representatives
Powers of safety representatives
Documents
Part 3 — SAFETY COMMITTEES
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Safety committee—establishment
Membership of safety committee
Safety committee—meetings
Safety committee—functions
Part 4 — INSTALLATION OWNERS, INSTALLATION MANAGERS AND EMPLOYERS
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Duties of installation owners and installation managers
Information
Documents etc.
Time off
Training
Part 5 — MISCELLANEOUS
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Offences
Exercise of functions
Other sections — not classified into a Part
These sections sit outside the numbered Parts — usually provisions added or moved by later amendments.
Safety representatives
- Allow the workforce to elect safety representatives Employer
Constituencies
- Establish and maintain worker constituencies on offshore installations Operator
Membership of constituency
- Assign workers to safety constituencies and notify them in writing Operator
Nominations
- Invite nominations for safety representative elections Operator
Candidates
- Provide campaign facilities for safety representative candidates Operator
List of candidates
- Display list of candidates or vacancy notice Operator
Secret ballot
- Conduct a secret ballot for safety representative elections Operator
Results
- Certify and issue safety representative election results Operator
No candidate
- Maintain constituency lists if no safety representative is nominated Operator
Safety representatives for single employer constituencies
- Transfer safety representative status to a new offshore installation Any Person
Powers of safety representatives
- Allow safety representatives to inspect the offshore installation Operator
Documents
- Provide health and safety documents to safety representatives Operator
Safety committee—establishment
- Establish a safety committee for your offshore installation Any Person
Membership of safety committee
- Ensure correct membership and leadership of the safety committee Operator
Safety committee—meetings
- Hold regular safety committee meetings and ensure a quorum Employer
Safety committee—functions
- Keep records of safety committee meetings and ensure onshore storage Any Person
Duties of installation owners and installation managers
- Support safety committees and consult on safety cases Operator
Information
- Share health and safety information with safety representatives Operator
Documents etc.
- Provide documents and facilities to offshore safety representatives Operator
Time off
- Provide paid time off for offshore safety representatives Employer
Training
- Provide and pay for training for safety representatives Employer
Offences
2 years imprisonment- Fail to comply with offshore installation safety representative rules Employer
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Application
Elections
Cessation of representation
Functions of safety representatives
Exercise of functions
ELECTION OF SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES ETC.
Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- Reporting of offshore oil and gas incidents (opens in a new tab) from HSE Detailed Guidance
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Health and Safety Executive
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