The Offshore Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/2175
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 17th September 2002.

(2) References in these Regulations to the “Management Regulations” are to the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995 .

Section 2 Amendment of the Management Regulations

(1) Regulation 2(1) of the Management Regulations shall be amended—

(a) by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant waters”; and

(b) by inserting after the definition of “relevant waters” the following definition—

“supplementary unit” means a fixed or floating structure, other than a vessel, for providing energy, information or substances to an offshore installation; and

(2) Regulation 3 of the Management Regulations shall be amended—

(a) in paragraph (1), by substituting the words “together with any supplementary unit which is ordinarily connected to it or any part of it (including those parts described in paragraph (3) below) and all of the connections” for the words “and which is not an excepted structure”;

(b) in paragraph (2), by substituting the words “Any reference in paragraph (1) to a structure or unit does not include” for the words “For the purposes of paragraph (1), the excepted structures are”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (2), by substituting the words “yet being moved with a view to its being” for the words “for the time being intended to be”.

Section 3 Amendment of other enactments

The reference to regulation 3 of the Management Regulations in—

(a) the definition of “installation” in—

(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii) paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 ; and

(iii) paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996 ; and

(b) the definition of “offshore installation” in—

(i) section 12(1) of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 ; and

(ii) regulation 2 of the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989 ,

shall be construed as a reference to regulation 3 of the Management Regulations as amended by these Regulations.