2016 No. 406

Health And SafetyEnvironmental Protection

The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Made

Coming into operation

The Department for the Economy1, being the Department concerned2, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”)3, Articles 17(1) to (6)4 and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 19785 (“the 1978 Order”) and Article 3(2) of the Offshore, and Pipelines, Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 19926.

The Department was designated7 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to measures relating to employers’ obligations in respect of the health and safety of workers8 and the environment9.

The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)10 of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)11.