- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 50 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 49 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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Operator — also bound by 803 other Acts
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Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts
Licence Holder — also bound by 245 other Acts
Landlord — also bound by 238 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.
- Duty holder must apply principles when selecting a verifier and reviewing schemesResponsible Person
- Appoint capable operators and ensure they carry out their dutiesLicence Holder
- Prepare and implement a corporate major accident prevention policyResponsible Person
- Prepare a safety and environmental management system documentResponsible Person
- Set up an independent verification scheme for safety-critical equipmentResponsible Person
- Properly manage your offshore installation verification schemeResponsible Person
- Establish a well examination scheme and record it in writingOperator
- Ensure well examination scheme meets legal requirements and is implemented effectivelyOperator
- Notify the competent authority before establishing or relocating a production installationOperator
- Get a safety case accepted before operating your offshore production installationOperator
- Send design notification before converting a non‑production installationAny Person
- Update safety case and get regulator approval before dismantling a fixed offshore installationOperator
- Notify the competent authority before starting well operationsOperator
- Notify competent authority before starting combined operations offshoreResponsible Person
- Review safety case every 5 years and send summary to OPRED/HSEResponsible Person
- Keep your safety case up to date and submit major changes for approvalResponsible Person
- Prepare revisions to your safety case if directed by the regulatorResponsible Person
- Do not operate if competent authority finds safety measures insufficientResponsible Person
- Keep safety documents at a UK address and on the installationResponsible Person
- Follow your safety case procedures and stick to notified plansOperator
- Control major accident risks and suspend activities if neededOperator
- Perform internal emergency response duties for your offshore installationResponsible Person
- Communicate confidential reporting arrangements to workers and include in trainingOperator
- Cooperate with the competent authority to develop best practice standards for major accident preventionOperator
- Notify the competent authority immediately of a major accident or imminent riskLandlord
22 other provisions — procedural and definitional
Schedules
25 of 189 shown- Officers must ensure corporate major accident prevention policy is suitable and implementedResponsible Person
- Document your approach to competency across all levels of the organisationResponsible Person
- Include evaluation of your capabilities and goals in the safety caseResponsible Person
- Include operator's name and address in the safety caseOperator
- Describe protection and evacuation measures in the safety caseOperator
- Include combined operations particulars in safety caseOperator
- Summarise worker involvement in safety case preparationOperator
- Describe safety and environmental management system in safety caseOperator
- Consider competent authority's safety and environmental matters in your safety caseOperator
- Include design limits, safety-critical elements and compliance details in installation safety caseResponsible Person
- Describe compliance with fire and explosion prevention in the safety caseResponsible Person
- Describe plant and arrangements for protection from hazardous substances in the safety caseOperator
- Include combined operations co-ordination and safety review in safety caseOperator
- Provide a copy of your corporate major accident prevention policyAny Person
- Include metocean, seabed details and coordination description in well safety caseOperator
- Include specific matters and operator's response in well operation reportOperator
- Submit adequate safety and environmental management system descriptionOperator
- Include duty holder's name and address in combined operation notificationResponsible Person
- Include all duty holders' names and addresses in combined operation notificationsResponsible Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appointed person must notify parties of new evidence before deciding appealTribunal / Court
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appointed person must notify appeal decision and reasons in writingTribunal / Court
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must appoint someone to hear an appeal and tell both sidesCrown / Minister / Government department
- Fail to notify death or loss of a person on an offshore installationAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Prepare inventory, authorise emergency responders, and arrange early warning to MCAResponsible Person
- Include examination of wells in external waters under general dutyResponsible Person
164 other schedules
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
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