| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2005/3117 |
| Year | 2005 |
These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006.(1) In these Regulations—(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a design notification, a relocation notification, a safety case or a notification of combined operations or well operations is a reference to a document containing the particulars specified in the Schedule referred to in the provision pursuant to which it is prepared and, for a safety case, regulation 12.(3) Any reference in these Regulations to operating an installation is a reference to using the installation for any of the purposes described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph (1) of regulation 3 of the Management Regulations.(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, an installation other than a production installation, the operation of which has not been treated as having commenced in accordance with paragraph (2) of regulation 7, shall be treated as engaged in a combined operation with another such installation or other such installations if an activity carried out from, by means of or on, that installation is carried out temporarily for a purpose related to the other installation or installations and could affect the health or safety of persons on the other installation or installations, and the expression “combined operation” shall be construed accordingly.are or, where they remain to be provided, will be suitable; andwhere they have been provided, remain in good repair and condition.examination, including testing where appropriate, of the safety-critical elements and the specified plant by independent and competent persons;examination of any design, specification, certificate, marking or other document, or standard relating to those elements or that plant by such persons;examination by such persons of work in progress;the taking of appropriate action following reports by such persons;the taking of other such steps as may be properly provided for pursuant to regulation 19 and Schedule 7; andthe taking of any steps incidental to the means described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of this paragraph.his function will not involve the consideration by him of an aspect, of a thing liable to be examined, for which he bears or has borne such responsibility as might compromise his objectivity; andhe will be sufficiently independent of a management system, or of a part thereof, which bears or has borne any responsibility for an aspect of which he might consider, of a thing liable to be examined, to ensure that he will be objective in discharging his function.transporting, towing or navigating the installation; andany activity in or from a vessel which is ready to give assistance in the event of an emergency on or near the installation.(9) Where a duty holder is succeeded by a new duty holder, anything done in compliance with these Regulations by the duty holder in relation to an installation shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be treated as having been done by his successor.
