The Offshore Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002

Amendment of the Management Regulations

2.—(1) Regulation 2(1) of the Management Regulations shall be amended—

(a) by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant waters”; and

(b) by inserting after the definition of “relevant waters” the following definition—

““supplementary unit” means a fixed or floating structure, other than a vessel, for providing energy, information or substances to an offshore installation; and”.

(2) Regulation 3 of the Management Regulations shall be amended—

(a) in paragraph (1), by substituting the words “together with any supplementary unit which is ordinarily connected to it or any part of it (including those parts described in paragraph (3) below) and all of the connections” for the words “and which is not an excepted structure”;

(b) in paragraph (2), by substituting the words “Any reference in paragraph (1) to a structure or unit does not include” for the words “For the purposes of paragraph (1), the excepted structures are”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (2), by substituting the words “yet being moved with a view to its being” for the words “for the time being intended to be”.