UK Statutory Instrument SI 1989/971 United Kingdom

The Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989

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Enforced by
HSE
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 1 of 23 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 22 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator15 Employer5 Any Person3

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties
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.004 Safety representatives Regulated
  • Allow the workforce to elect safety representativesEmployer
s.005 Constituencies Regulated
  • Establish and maintain worker constituencies on offshore installationsOperator
s.006 Membership of constituency Regulated
  • Assign workers to safety constituencies and notify them in writingOperator
s.008 Nominations Regulated
  • Invite nominations for safety representative electionsOperator
s.009 Candidates Regulated
  • Provide campaign facilities for safety representative candidatesOperator
s.010 List of candidates Regulated
  • Display list of candidates or vacancy noticeOperator
s.011 Secret ballot Regulated
  • Conduct a secret ballot for safety representative electionsOperator
s.012 Results Regulated
  • Certify and issue safety representative election resultsOperator
s.013 No candidate Regulated
  • Maintain constituency lists if no safety representative is nominatedOperator
s.015 Safety representatives for single employer constituencies Regulated
  • Transfer safety representative status to a new offshore installationAny Person
s.017 Powers of safety representatives Regulated
  • Allow safety representatives to inspect the offshore installationOperator
s.018 Documents Regulated
  • Provide health and safety documents to safety representativesOperator
s.019 Safety committee—establishment Regulated
  • Establish a safety committee for your offshore installationAny Person
s.020 Membership of safety committee Regulated
  • Ensure correct membership and leadership of the safety committeeOperator
s.021 Safety committee—meetings Regulated
  • Hold regular safety committee meetings and ensure a quorumEmployer
s.022 Safety committee—functions Regulated
  • Keep records of safety committee meetings and ensure onshore storageAny Person
s.023 Duties of installation owners and installation managers Regulated
  • Support safety committees and consult on safety casesOperator
s.024 Information Regulated
  • Share health and safety information with safety representativesOperator
s.025 Documents etc. Regulated
  • Provide documents and facilities to offshore safety representativesOperator
s.026 Time off Regulated
  • Provide paid time off for offshore safety representativesEmployer
s.027 Training Regulated
  • Provide and pay for training for safety representativesEmployer
s.028 Offences Imprisonment
  • Fail to comply with offshore installation safety representative rulesEmployer
s.election of safety representatives etc. ELECTION OF SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES ETC. Regulated
  • Establish and manage safety representative constituencies and electionsOperator
7 other provisions
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application
s.007 Elections
s.014 Cessation of representation
s.016 Functions of safety representatives
s.029 Exercise of functions

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