The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

24.—(1) A worker undertaking, or required to commence—

(a) activities on or in relation to offshore installations,

(b) activities on or in relation to upstream petroleum infrastructure,

(c) critical safety work on offshore installations and wells that are being decommissioned or which are being preserved pending demolition or reuse, or

(d) activities for the provision of workers, goods, materials or equipment or other essential services required to support the safe operation of the activities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c).

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) “offshore installations” has the meaning given in section 44 of the Petroleum Act 1998(1),

(b) “upstream petroleum infrastructure” has the meaning given in section 9H of that Act(2),

(c) “wells” has the meaning given in section 45A(10) of that Act(3).

(1)

1998 c. 17. Section 44 was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act 2008 (32)

(2)

Section 9H was substituted by section 74(2) of the Energy Act 2016 (c. 20)

(3)

Section 46A was inserted by section 75(1) of the Energy Act 2008