SECTION 7 OF THE PETROLEUM (PRODUCTION) ACT 1934 AND SECTION 2(1)(a) OF THE PETROLEUM ACT 1987 (MODIFICATION) REGULATIONS 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 2703

HEALTH AND SAFETY

SECTION 7 OF THE PETROLEUM (PRODUCTION) ACT 1934 AND SECTION 2(1)(a) OF THE PETROLEUM ACT 1987 (MODIFICATION) REGULATIONS 1997

Made

11th November 1997

Laid before Parliament

13th November 1997

Coming into force

8th December 1997

Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that the modification of section 7 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934(1) is expedient in consequence of, or in connection with—

(a) regulation 2(1)(a) of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 to 1971 (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974(2), so far as it repealed section 145 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954(3), and

(b) regulation 41(1) of the Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993(4), so far as it repealed section 17 of the said Act of 1954:

And whereas it appears to her that the modification of section 2(1)(a) of the Petroleum Act 1987(5) is expedient in consequence of, or in connection with, regulation 3(1) of the Offshore Safety (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1993(6), so far as it repealed section 2 of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971(7):

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by subsections (1), (2)(a) and (c) and (4) of section 80 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(8), and after consulting such bodies as appear to her appropriate, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Regulations:—

(1)

1934 c. 36. Section 7 was amended by Schedule 4 to the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70) and modified by regulation 6 of the Mines and Quarries Acts 1954 to 1971 (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974 (S.I. 1974/2013).

(2)

S.I. 1974/2013.

(3)

1954 c. 70.

(4)

S.I. 1993/1897.

(5)

1987 c. 12.

(6)

S.I. 1993/1823.

(7)

1971 c. 61.

(8)

1974 c. 37. Section 80 was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 15 to the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71) and by paragraph 17 of Schedule 16 to the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44).