The Offshore Installations (Logbooks and Registration of Death) Regulations 1972 No. 1542

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Logbooks and Registration of Death) Regulations 1972 and shall come into operation on 30th November 1972.

(2) In these Regulations—

“installation logbook” means a logbook obtained from the Department of Trade and Industry; and

“manager” includes, where no manager is appointed pursuant to section 4 of the Act, any person made responsible by the owner for safety, health and welfare on board an offshore installation.

(3) These Regulations shall not apply to installations registered as vessels (whether so registered in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) which are dredging installations or which are in transit to or from a station, or in relation to installations which are unmanned.

(4) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.