The Offshore Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Amendment of the Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

3.—(1) The Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2) Regulation 2(1) shall be amended—

(a) by inserting after the definition of “acoustic signal” the following definition—

““activity” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations;”;

(b) by inserting after the definition of “concession owner” the following definitions—

““designated area” and “diving project” have the same respective meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations;”;

(c) in the definitions of “pipeline”, “pipeline works”, “stand-by vessel”, “territorial waters” and “vessel”—

(i) after “stand-by vessel” insert “supplementary unit”; and

(ii) for “territorial waters” substitute “territorial sea”.

(3) For regulation 3(1) there shall be substituted—

“3.— (1) Within the territorial sea these Regulations shall apply only to and in relation to the premises and activities to which paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 apply.”

(4) In regulation 25(2), for “the Schedule” where it first appears substitute “Schedule 2” and for “the Schedule” where it second appears substitute “that Schedule”.

(5) The Schedule shall be numbered Schedule 2.

(6) The Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall be inserted before Schedule 2.

(1)

S.R. 1995 No. 345, amended by S.R. 1996 No. 228 and S.R. 1999 No. 150