Offshore Noise and Electricity Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Noise at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 and the Electricity at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991 so that, within United Kingdom territorial waters adjacent to Northern Ireland, they now apply only in relation to certain premises and activities.

The Regulations revoke regulations 11 and 17 (electrical equipment) of the Offshore Installations (Operational Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations 1976, insofar as they apply to Northern Ireland, and certain definitions in regulation 1(2) of those Regulations which are redundant by reason of the revocation effected by this or earlier statutory provisions. They also revoke references to noise in paragraph 67 (noise and vibration of plant) of Schedule 1 to the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.

In Great Britain, the corresponding Regulations are the Offshore Electricity and Noise Regulation 1997, S.I. 1997/1993. The Health and Safety Executive has prepared a cost benefit assessment in relation to those Regulations and a copy of that assessment, together with the Northern Ireland Supplement prepared by the Department of Economic Development, is held at 83 Ladas Drive, Belfast, BT6 9FJ, from where copies may be obtained on request.