The Offshore Installations (Amendment) Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/679
• Sections: 5

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

Section 2

(1) The Offshore Installations (Registration) Regulations 1972 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In place of the references to the Department of Trade and Industry in regulation 3(1) and (4) there shall be substituted references to the Health and Safety Executive.

Section 3

(1) The Offshore Installations (Managers) Regulations 1972 shall be amended as follows.

(2) The following paragraph shall be added to regulation 2–

(3) The notices referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall be addressed to the Secretary of State at the offices of the Health and Safety Executive.

(3) In place of the reference to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in regulation 4 there shall be substituted a reference to the Health and Safety Executive.

(4) The words “To the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry” shall be omitted from the forms set out in Schedule 1 and 2.

Section 4

(1) The Offshore Installations (Logbooks and Registration of Death) Regulations 1972 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In place of the reference to the Department of Trade and Industry in regulation 1(2) there shall be substituted a reference to the Health and Safety Executive.

(3) In place of the reference to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in regulation 5 there shall be substituted a reference to the Health and Safety Executive.

Section 5

(1) The Offshore Installations (Inspectors and Casualties) Regulations 1973 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In place of the references to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in regulations 10(a), (b) and (c), the reference to the Secretary of State in regulation 11 and the references to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in regulations 12(2)(b) and 14(2) there shall be substituted references to the Health and Safety Executive.