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15.—(1) Where an installation is a planned production installation, these Regulations apply in relation to an operator in respect of such an installation and its connected infrastructure, from 19th July 2016.
(2) These Regulations apply to a production installation which is an existing installation from the earlier of—
(a)the date of thorough review in relation to that installation; or
(b)19th July 2018.
(3) Where a production installation which is not a planned production installation or an existing production installation, but in respect of which a current safety case applied before 19th July 2016, these Regulations apply to an operator in respect of such a production installation and its connected infrastructure from the 19th July 2016.
(4) In relation to a well operator who is planning or executing well operations, the provisions of these Regulations relating to the carrying out of well operations apply from the earlier of—
(a)the date of thorough review in relation to the installation from which the well operations were planned or executed; or
(b)19th July 2016.
(5) In this regulation—
(a)“current safety case” has the meaning given in the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 M1;
(b)“date of thorough review in relation to an installation” means the date of thorough review in relation to that installation within the meaning given in the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015 M2, but only where that date is after 18th July 2015;
(c)“existing installation” means an installation in respect of which a current safety case applied on 18th July 2013; and
(d)“planned production installation” means a production installation in respect of which a design notification had been sent to the Health and Safety Executive in accordance with regulation 6 of the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 before 18th July 2013, but which had not commenced operations at that date.
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