Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1977
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1977/1232 |
| Year | 1977 |
1977 No. 1232
HEALTH AND SAFETY
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 197726thJuly 1977
3rdAugust 1977
1stSeptember 1977
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(3) and (4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(a), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1977.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
"the 1974 Act" means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
"designated area" means any area designated by order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964(b) and "within a designated area" includes over and under it;
"the prescribed provisions of the 1974 Act" means sections 1 to 59 and 80 to 82 of the 1974 Act;
"territorial waters" means United Kingdom territorial waters adjacent to Great Britain and "within territorial waters" includes on, over and under them;
"vessel" includes a hovercraft and any floating structure which is capable of being manned.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(a) 1974 c. 37.
(b) 1964 c. 29.
(c) 1889 c. 63.
(3) For the purposes of this Order, a person shall be deemed to be engaged in diving operations throughout any period from the time when he commences to prepare for diving until the time when—
(a) he is no longer subjected to raised pressure;
(b) he has normal inert gas partial pressure in his tissues; and
(c) if he entered the water, he has left it;
and diving operations include the activity of any person in connection with the health and safety of a person who is, or is deemed to be, engaged in diving operations.
Application of the 1974 Act in territorial waters and designated areas outside Great Britain
3.—(1) The prescribed provisions of the 1974 Act shall, to the extent specified in the following Articles of this Order, apply to and in relation to the premises and activities outside Great Britain which are so specified as those provisions apply within Great Britain.
(2) The reference in paragraph (1) of this Article to premises and activities includes a reference to any person, article or substance on those premises or engaged in or, as the case may be, used or for use in connection with any such activity, but does not include a reference to an aircraft which is airborne.
Offshore installations
4.—(1) The prescribed provisions of the 1974 Act shall apply within territorial waters or a designated area...
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