1989 No. 672

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) (Variation) Order 1989

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

At the Court at Windsor Castle the 18th day of April 1989

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(3) and (4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 19741, is pleased to order, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) (Variation) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 22nd May 1989.

Offshore Installations2

For article 4(2) (definition of“offshore installation”) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 19772 (“the 1977 Order”) there shall be substituted the following provision–

2

In this Article–

“offshore installation” means an offshore installation within the meaning of section 1 of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 19713 which is within territorial waters or a designated area.

Pipelines3

In article 5(2) of the 1977 Order (definition of“pipeline”)

a

after sub-paragraph (a) in the definition of“pipeline”, there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–

aa

any apparatus for treating or cooling any thing which is to flow through, or through part of, the pipe or system;

b

in sub-paragraph (ii) the words“and is capable of being manned” shall be omitted.

G. I. de DeneyClerk of the Privy Council

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Order varies the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1977 by adopting the definition of“offshore installation” contained in the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 as amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (article 2). The principal effect is to apply the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to gas storage and accommodation installations and installations in transit. The definition of“pipeline” is extended to bring it more closely into line with the definition in the Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975 (c. 74), as amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (article 3).